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Pandemic babies with developmental delays can be helped to make up for lost social interaction – 5 tips for parents

  • Written by Abigail A. Allen, Associate Professor of Special Education, Clemson University
Pandemic babies with developmental delays can be helped to make up for lost social interaction – 5 tips for parentsChildren born during the pandemic are at nearly twice the risk for developmental delays.Ariel Skelley / Getty Images

Typically, about 1 in 6 children experience a developmental delay. But children born during the pandemic, a 2022 study has found, have nearly twice the risk of developmental delays in communication and social development compared to...

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