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What shapes the brain?
1 People with neurominority profiles are wired 3 Attachment: some children don’t develop the
differently – they were simply born this way. They brain circuitry needed to manage the demands
commonly experience difficulties in areas of Executive placed upon them due to poor early attachments.
Functioning.
2 Positive, enriching experiences: some children 4 Adverse Childhood Experiences & trauma: high
don’t have the level of experiences and social levels of stress prevent areas of the brain responsible
interactions needed to build strong brain circuitry. for Executive Function Skills developing so strongly.
