
Concerns Grow About Children's Social and Emotional Health
Clip: 10/4/2022 | 7m 43sVideo has Closed Captions
Researchers are exploring the pandemic's impact on students' emotional wellbeing.
Multiple studies found students took a big hit in average math and reading scores after pandemic shutdowns and distance learning. But it’s not just the educational basics that may have suffered. There are growing concerns about how COVID has affected children’s social emotional development and wellbeing as students, parents and teachers have navigated the return to in-person learning.
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Concerns Grow About Children's Social and Emotional Health
Clip: 10/4/2022 | 7m 43sVideo has Closed Captions
Multiple studies found students took a big hit in average math and reading scores after pandemic shutdowns and distance learning. But it’s not just the educational basics that may have suffered. There are growing concerns about how COVID has affected children’s social emotional development and wellbeing as students, parents and teachers have navigated the return to in-person learning.
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