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