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Why do some people struggle more than others with
Executive Function Skills?
1 Attachment: some children don’t develop the 2 Adverse Childhood Experiences & trauma
can lead to toxic stress. Under stress, the brain
brain circuitry needed to manage the demands slows areas of the brain responsible for Executive
placed upon them due to poor early attachments.
Function.
A lack of positive, enriching experiences People with neurominority profiles process
3 means strong brain circuitry fails to build. 4 the world differently & commonly experience
Enriching experiences are vital for building difficulty in Executive Function. They were just born
Executive Function. this way.
