Letter to the editor: Evidence on school closure and children’s social contact: useful for coronavirus disease (COVID-19)?

Hey teachers! Do not leave them kids alone! Envisioning schools during and after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

“…Therefore, for children of families with low socioeconomic status or with sociocultural barriers, as well as for children with pre-existing general or specific learning difficulties, the prolonged school closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic will amplify the achievement gap with their peers with unpredictable dimensions, being its temporal length not comparable to any analogue experiences due to recent pandemics [9] , [10] . Moreover, in general for all children and in particular for those with pre-existing learning difficulties, the achievement gap will be more relevant for younger children at elementary school, whose instrumental skills as reading, writing and calculation are not yet completely automatized.…”

‘Sana All’ Inclusive Education amid COVID-19: Challenges, Strategies, and Prospects of Special Education Teachers

“…The educator's above statement is a similar concern among institutions of learning. In the post-pandemic period, it is still vital to consider preventive measures to contain the virus and strategic plans for re-education (Poletti & Raballo, 2020). School policies can help curb the virus, so there are precautions and advisories from the Department of Education from time to time.…”

“…Amidst this panoply of adversity, 'children may be at higher risk than in normal times for abuse or neglect, and with protective care agencies also working under extreme and strained conditions, recognition and intervention may be delayed' (Witt et al, 2020, p.2). Consequently, the pandemic heightens the stage for inequalities (Bešić, 2020;Brown, 2020;Dávalos et al, 2020;Hansen & Yracheta, 2019;Poletti & Raballo, 2020) until the postpandemic world, as these groups have not received the support that they seriously need during this emergency.…”

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Italian Public Mental Health Services: Experience and Future Directions

“…To date the emergency has prevailed, although with greater attention to the community in recent weeks. Indeed, while in the first phase, the need to cope with the wave of hospitalizations has required an extraordinary effort focusing to increase dedicated beds in intensive care units, the community medicine (called into question since the greater part of infected patients was at home) has shown to play a crucial role in the early intervention against the infection ( 5 ).…”