Brain Development
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Supporting Brain Development in Traumatized Children …
www.childwelfare.govHealthy brain development is essential for realizing one’s full potential and for overall well-being. For children and youth who experience child abuse or neglect and associated trauma, brain development may be interrupted, leading to functional impairments. Ongoing maltreatment can alter a child’s brain development and affect mental ...
Adolescent Brain Development: Current Research and the ...
files.eric.ed.govThe brain is perhaps the body’s most complex organ. While 95 percent of brain development takes place before age 5 or 6, a second wave of development takes place during adolescence, typically from age 11 or 12 through approximately 24 (Spinks, 2000; Jensen, 2010; Yurgelun-Todd, Killgore, & Young, 2002). The human brain
Understanding the Effects of Maltreatment on Brain …
www.childwelfare.govtypical brain development and the potential effects of abuse and neglect on that development. The information is designed to help professionals understand the emotional, mental, and behavioral impact of early abuse and neglect in children who come to the attention of the child welfare system.
Bilingual Language Learning in Children
ilabs.uw.eduAs in monolingual development, the rate of vocabulary and grammatical growth in bilingual children correlates with quality and quantity of speech that they hear in each language (Place & Hoff, 2011; Ramírez-Esparza et al., 2016). In agreement with these findings, bilingual children’s brain activity in response to words in each language is