Updated AAP policy highlights developmental delays in foster care, indicating significant influences on child development.
Last month, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) updated its previous policy statement on foster care, reflecting advances in understanding prenatal and postnatal influences, including the effects of alcohol and substance exposures prior to birth and the effects of severe or chronic stress on child development secondary to neglect, physical and sexual abuse, family disruption, poverty, and racism.
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