Most children who are admitted to hospital due to critical illness (CI) survive as a result of medical advancements. However, the experience of CI can be traumatic for both the child and their family, as it disrupts family life and there can be ongoing challenges as a result. This research was interested in both how families and children overcome the adversity of CI and how these experiences impact upon and are understood in the school context. Therefore, the current research aimed to provide an in-depth exploration of the stories that young children, their parents and their teachers tell about early childhood CI.

This research report has been sourced from the UEL Research Repository under licence (CC BY 4.0).