Bridging the policy-practice gap: A call for urgent early intervention and early education South African policy reform for children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.
Luisa Petrocchi-Bartal
PMID 42683729WHAT IT FOUND
This is a policy position paper, not a research study.
It argues South African early intervention for deaf and hard-of-hearing children is fragmented across government departments, and calls for mandated national guidelines and intersectoral referral systems. It contains no original data.
What this paper is
This is a policy position paper and call for reform, not a research study. It contains no original data collection, no methods, no participants, and no results. It synthesises existing South African policy documents and other researchers' findings to argue for changes in how early intervention and early education services are organised for children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.
Declared interests
The authors state the research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.