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The association of adverse mental health effects with repeated exposure to disasters
(Frontline Medical Communications, 2018)
BACKGROUND: It has been assumed that the mental health effects of repeated trauma should be incrementally greater than simple additive effects of separate trauma. However, repeated disasters afflicting the same population ...
People with Disabilities and Disasters
(Springer, 2018)
Investigations have collectively established that disasters affect people with disabilities both disproportionately and negatively. Relevant research is reviewed by academic genesis areas in this chapter, namely; 1) ...
Special education in Costa Rica
(Wiley, 2018-07)
Costa Rica has the strongest public education system in Central America. The 1869 constitution mandated a free, obligatory, and state-supported educational system making Costa Rica one of the first countries in the world ...
Concise Encyclopedia of Special Education
(2018-09-15)
Costa Rica is progressive in the area of special education. Special education services were formally established in 1939 when the Fernando Centeno Güell school for children with mental retardation was created near the ...
Seven school-related disasters: Lessons for policymakers and school personnel
(Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2018)
Students are highly dependent on the emergency planning and evacuation decisions made by policymakers and school personnel when disasters occur. The purpose of this study was to examine selected cases of school-related ...