Hospital Education
Educational care of the sick child should be an integral part of the program of medical treatment and constitute a shared work of parents, teachers and health personnel. Hospital education is a task shared by parents, teachers and doctors, and this has to be good communication between the family, the school and the hospital centre. This communication begins at the time of diagnosis and for those children who suffer from cognitive sequelae as consequence of treatments, will be maintained until the end of their schooling. The sooner the sick child is incorporated into the school, before recover its balance and self-esteem lost as a result of the emotional trauma produced by the disease. Close coordination is required between:-the role of the hospital: A comprehensive therapeutic programme includes educational intervention, directed by a professional preparation and experience in the field of education (Professor of the hospital school) that will be integrated into the therapy equipment.
This professional serves as link between the family, the hospital and the educational community, with a deep knowledge of the curriculum, the educational system, and special education programs (developed in the regular classroom or classroom support); It will also work with the master in the development of the curriculum and in the elaboration of the relevant curricular adaptations, and the child in the hospital classroom. The relationship with health personnel will be mainly informative, since it will be through them as we tell new students admitted, as well as of those who have been discharged. Similarly, we will collect through them all the information on the status of the new student, if applicable their assistance to the classroom or whether, on the contrary, it is more convenient that is meets him in his room. Advise on the technical aspects of disease of children and their physical possibilities and health advise school attention and inform about the possibilities of activity and student performance.