UK military families with a dependent who has Special Education Needs and/or Disability (SEND): a forgotten sub-population?

TY - JOUR

T1 - UK military families with a dependent who has Special Education Needs and/or Disability (SEND): a forgotten sub-population?

AU - Taylor-Beirne , Sean

AU - Fear, Nicola

PY - 2021/12/1

Y1 - 2021/12/1

N2 - Military families research has enjoyed a resurgence in the past decade, leading to an improved understanding of the unique stressors associated with military family life. However, this proliferation of research has not extended to include those families with a dependent who has Special Educational Needs and/or Disability (SEND). Very few papers, internationally, have investigated SEND military families, specifically. Therefore, little is understood about this sub-population and how the stressors associated with being in a military family interlock and combine with the stressors associated with having, or being, a dependent with SEND. This editorial is the first paper to highlight UK SEND military families as an important, at-risk, sub-population requiring autonomous research. Key themes are outlined and clear recommendations for future research are made.

AB - Military families research has enjoyed a resurgence in the past decade, leading to an improved understanding of the unique stressors associated with military family life. However, this proliferation of research has not extended to include those families with a dependent who has Special Educational Needs and/or Disability (SEND). Very few papers, internationally, have investigated SEND military families, specifically. Therefore, little is understood about this sub-population and how the stressors associated with being in a military family interlock and combine with the stressors associated with having, or being, a dependent with SEND. This editorial is the first paper to highlight UK SEND military families as an important, at-risk, sub-population requiring autonomous research. Key themes are outlined and clear recommendations for future research are made.

KW - special educational needs

KW - AUTISM

KW - Military health

KW - DISABILITY

KW - Military families

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85119371217&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001709

DO - 10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001709

M3 - Review article

SN - 2633-3767

VL - 167

SP - 375

EP - 377

JO - BMJ Military Health

JF - BMJ Military Health

IS - 6

ER -