Skip main navigation

New offer! Get 30% off one whole year of Unlimited learning. Subscribe for just £249.99 £174.99. New subscribers only. T&Cs apply

Find out more

COVID-19 impact on risk and protective factors through a child development lens

Joan Lombardi (international expert on child development) outlines the impact of COVID-19 on risk and protective factors through a developmental lens.

Joan Lombardi is an international expert on child development and child and family policy. Listen to her audio recording as she outlines the impact of COVID-19 on risk and protective factors through a developmental lens.

Your Task

Consider the children you are working with or that your programmes engage. How is the protection and well-being of children in the following age brackets affected differently by COVID-19 in your context?

  • Newborns and babies in the first months and years of life

  • Toddlers

  • Preschool children

  • School-aged children

  • Adolescents

How do other factors, such as gender and ability, increase the severity of exposure to certain risk factors in COVID-19?

Share your thoughts in the comment box below. Don’t forget: you can also review, respond to and like input from other learners.

This article is from the free online

Protecting Children during Infectious Disease Outbreaks

Created by
FutureLearn - Learning For Life

Reach your personal and professional goals

Unlock access to hundreds of expert online courses and degrees from top universities and educators to gain accredited qualifications and professional CV-building certificates.

Join over 18 million learners to launch, switch or build upon your career, all at your own pace, across a wide range of topic areas.

Start Learning now