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