The Early Developmental Adversity Program is an attempt to understand—in the period from gestation to school entry—the contribution of biological and social factors to the presence or absence of learning problems in the elementary school. Methodological and substantive findings of this prospective longitudinal study of 1,000 infants are presented. Individuals were 4 years old at the time of reporting.
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