The Burden of School-Related Concerns with Dr. Mia Chandler

09/09/24 • 12 min

For kids managing a rheumatic disease, school can be a frustrating cycle of missed lessons and makeup work. While a 504 Plan for special accommodations can certainly help, families living with pediatric rheumatic diseases know that school-related challenges are inevitable.

There is very little evidence about the burden of school-related issues and the exact barriers that kids with pediatric rheumatic diseases face.

Mia Chandler, M.D, M.P.H, a pediatric rheumatologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, aims to change that. Last year, Dr. Chandler won a CARRA-Arthritis Foundation Career Development Award to support her research into Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and School-Related Concerns. Her research will assess the burden of school-related concerns – beyond physical and academic challenges to include social and psychological issues.

Learn more about her important research and the challenges that kids face at school in this special episode of the CARRA Podcast.

There is very little evidence about the burden of school-related issues and the exact barriers that kids with pediatric rheumatic diseases face.

Learn more about her important research and the challenges that kids face at school in this special episode of the CARRA Podcast.

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The Burden of School-Related Concerns with Dr. Mia Chandler

Claudette Johnson: [00:00:00] I like school just about as much as possible for an overworked junior. Getting bagels and chai lattes with friends during lunch, my teachers in classes, playing badminton in gym, and going to clubs just for the free food. But like any kid managing rheumatic disease, School can also feel like an exhausting and frustrating cycle of missed lessons and makeup work. Alwa