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Key Points Summary

1. Some children enjoy secure attachments,

positive experiences & plentiful enrichment

as they grow. This builds strong neural circuitry in the

important areas of Executive Functioning

2. Other children aren’t so lucky. They don’t have such great

experiences or secure attachments. This causes weaker

neural circuitry and means their skills to focus, regulate

feelings, manage impulses and be flexible are weaker. Is this

their fault? No.

3. Some children don’t develop such strong neural circuitry

due to biological neurodiversity (e.g. autism, dyslexia, DCD,

ADHD).

4. Neuroscience has proved that we CAN change and

strengthen our neural circuitry through focus and practice.