Characteristics of the student population undergoing long-term treatment

 
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Abstract

Context and relevance. Long-term treatment of children is associated with separation from their usual educational environment and with risks of impaired mental development, which requires the organization of special psychological and pedagogical support in the context of hospital schools, as well as the preparation of a psychological and pedagogical profile that helps teachers take into account the individual characteristics of students. Objective. To analyze the cohort of students in grades 1–11 undergoing long-term treatment in medical organization of various profiles, in order to ensure the learning process and psychological and pedagogical support in hospital schools. Methods and materials. The study involved 1892 students enrolled in the hospital school of the Flagship Site of the “UchimZnaem” Project (M = 11,8, SD = 2,9, 48,3% girls). The method of descriptive statistics was used. Conclusions. The findings on the distribution of children across medical organization may provide a basis for the allocation of specialists and the design of psychological and pedagogical support, and highlight the need to individualize the support provided to children with long-term illnesses.

General Information

Keywords: hospital pedagogy, psychological and pedagogical characteristics, long-term treatment, chronic somatic diseases

Journal rubric: Developmental Psychology

Article type: research article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/psyedu.2026180308

Acknowledgements. The authors are grateful for contribution to the development of the practice of psychological, pedagogical and social support for children undergoing long-term treatment the «We Teach/They Learn» Hospital Schools Project.

Received 22.06.2026

Published

For citation: Babenkov, N.D., Brilliantova, A.A. (2026). Characteristics of the student population undergoing long-term treatment. Psychological-Educational Studies, 18(3), 121–133. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/psyedu.2026180308

© Babenkov N.D., Brilliantova A.A., 2026

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

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Information About the Authors

Nikolay D. Babenkov, Tutor (Teacher-defectologist), Head of the Psychological, Pedagogical and Social Support Service, Specialized Structural Unit “We Teach/ They Learn”, Hospital School, School No. 109, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3776-4177, e-mail: babenkov.nd@uchimznaem.ru

Anastasiya A. Brilliantova, MA in Psychology, Master of psychology , Psychologist, «We Teach/They Learn» Project of Hospital Schools, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1791-846X, e-mail: rovnova.anastasiya@yandex.ru

Contribution of the authors

Nikolay D. Babenkov — ideas; annotation of the manuscript; planning of the research; control over the research; visualization of research results.

Anastasiya A. Brilliantova — writing and design of the manuscript; data collection and analysis.

All authors participated in the discussion of the results and approved the final text of the manuscript.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Ethics statement

The organization of psychological, pedagogical, and social support at the Flagship Site of the “UchimZnaem” Hospital Schools Project is based on normative legal acts regulating the provision of psychological and pedagogical assistance. A mandatory condition for specialists to begin working with a child is the written informed consent of the child’s parents (legal guardians) for psychological, pedagogical, and social support.

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