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Children who have one or more emotional, behavioral or developmental conditions : These data are the percentages of children ages 2 to 17 with a parent who reports that a doctor has told them their child has autism, developmental delays, depression or anxiety, ADD/ADHD or behavioral/conduct problems. Data is from the Child Trends analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau’s National Survey of Children’s Health.

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Resource. A policy brief from the National Center for Children in Poverty, Promoting Social-emotional Wellbeing in Early Intervention Services: A Fifty-State View, addresses the ways that states have leveraged different policy choices to support the integration of social, emotional and developmental strategies into early intervention services.