How Early Childhood Trauma Effects the ability to Learn in a Traditional Educational Setting
The cognitive and emotional development of a child is a very fragile process that can be negatively altered through any traumatic event. The effects of trauma are greater the younger the child. The purpose of this paper is to try and explain how a traumatic event, as experienced by a child, may result in long term educational barriers.
Brain Development
The brain begins to develop from before we are born. Already at this stage our
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12 Warren A. Weinberg MD, Caryn R. Harper, M.S., Graham J. Emslie, M.D., Roger A. Brumback, M.D. Depression and Other Affective Illnesses as a Cause of School Failure and Maladaptation in Learning Disabled Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults (no copyright posted)
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