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A child living in severe poverty can have developmental delays.
A child living in severe poverty can have developmental delays.
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images  A developmental delay is
when a child 3 months to 5 years of age does not reach a
developmental milestone by the expected time period. A
developmental milestone is the ability of the child to achieve
by the majority of children within a certain age. Developmental
milestones can include communication, emotional, cognitive,
social and physical skills. Examples would be talking,
expressing emotions, recognizing familiar sounds, sharing with
others and walking. Some children will have delays in all five
areas of development or they may have it happen in one or more
of the five areas of development. Should they have a delay in
one area of development they are likely to have effects in other
areas. An example of this is their speech and language delays
can affect their social and emotional