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Children on autodrive
Children who present with challenging behaviour know their responses aren’t ok.
They rarely understand what underlies these emotions – the stressors.
These repeated emotional states create unhelpful neural pathways: habits.
Building Better Brains
By supporting children to gain conscious understanding of their patterns, we can help
them to take control and create new, more positive neural pathways.
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