Assessment of School Enrollment and Associated Factors among Children and Adolescents with Neurodevelopmental Disorders on Follow up at TASH, ZMH, Y12HMC and AMSH. Addis Ababa,Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study
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2024-04-10
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Neurodevelopment in children is a dynamic inter relationship between various
components including genetic, brain, cognitive, emotional and behavioral processes throughout
the developmental lifespan. Neurodevelopmental diseases and disabilities can be caused by a
significant and ongoing interrupti on to this dynamic process caused by environmental and
genetic risk. Impairments in personal, social, academic, or occupational functioning are
hallmarks of these disorders . When these children reach school age, they are at greater risk of
having special e ducational needs and experiencing difficulties in their learning or socialization at
school. The number of children with disability attending school is extremely low in developing
nations, and the overall enrollment rate is frequently under 10% in those na tions where statistics
are available. Although some research in our country have attempted to study this, there is a
shortage of information specifically related to neurodevelopmental diseases.
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Enrollment and Associated Factors