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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