Abstract
The study focused on the safety measures taken by the therapists working with special children in their clinics during COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan. The study was designed on the qualitative paradigm of research. The sample was constituted of five parents and twenty therapists out of which twenty-eight were speech therapists, six ABA therapists, and six Occupational therapists. A Snowball sampling technique was used to locate the respondents. Two Interview Guides were developed – one for the therapists and one for the parents, and the Observational Checklist was the tools for data collection. The interview guide contained questions about their knowledge about COVID-19, the care they must take of the place in terms of hygiene, handling of the children at the workplace, services being rendered to the clients, and changes they had carried out in their services since the outbreak. The Observation Checklist was based on the parameters given by the WHO for the safety and hygiene measures during the pandemic of COVID-19. It was found out that all the therapists were well aware of the sensitivities of the pandemic. Though they were careful about the hygiene and the recommended safety measures, these were not practically being implemented in true spirit.
Highlights
The first case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Pakistan was found in Karachi, on 26th February 2020
This study focuses on exploring the different ways therapists choose pre, during and post sessions to avoid the virus for special needs children
COVID-19 spread in the air, and all these thought our children are already very sensitive so we kept our children at home
Summary
The first case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Pakistan was found in Karachi, on 26th February 2020. COVID-19 started from China and spread in Italy, Iran, and at present, there are considerable cases in Pakistan. Two hundred countries are affected through COVID-19, and almost 37,832 people have died through this virus Kate Mayberry (2020). A coronavirus is a large group of viruses that cause ailment running from the basic infections to increasingly extreme sicknesses. COVID-19 is another strain that was found in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. It is a zoonotic, which means they are transmitted among mammals. The primary origin of COVID-19 is obscure, yet the main instances were connected to a fish showcase in the city of Wuhan, the capital of the focal Hubei territory. The case casualty pace of COVID-19 contamination has been fluctuating as new data becomes visible Mahase (2020)
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