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Key Messages: Brain Stress
When our 5Cs are not met well, stress chemicals are released into our body 1
and our threat response is activated.
These stress chemicals create key changes, designed to get us ready for
2 survival. Some things are turned up and some things are turned down.
These changes are perfect for times we are in real danger. That is why we
call this the 'Danger Brain'. 3
When we teach children how to create new responses to threat and
4 give them time to practice these new responses over-and-over again, they
become easier and automatic.
Helping a child notice and describe feelings precisely is the first step to
successful self-regulation. Teaching emotional language using the Affect 5
Model, so that children build up strong emotional literacy supports this.
