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Brain Shaping Answers

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 and some children suffer Adverse Childhood
Experiences and trauma.

Lack of enriching experiences, poor attachment and adverse

experiences and trauma can all lead to weaker neural circuitry. This

means the child’s skills to focus, regulate feelings, manage impulses and
be flexible are weaker. Is this their fault? No.

Some children don’t develop such strong neural circuitry

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

ADHD) – just the way they were born.