Helping siblings of children with behavioral health disorders weather the COVID‐19 storm

In the United States, there are over 4.5 million people who have special health, developmental, or behavioral health concerns. Most of these people have typically developing, relatively healthy brothers and sisters. Over recent decades, more attention has been paid to these siblings in clinical settings, schools, and research studies. Siblings are both impacted by and have an impact on their brothers' and sisters' conditions. While a range of positive and negative effects have been reported for siblings, we know that they are at greater risk for developing academic, emotional, and behavioral problems than siblings of typically developing, healthy children.