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Supporting your child with a negative experience online
Posted on November 19, 2020 Leave a Comment
We want all children to have a safe and positive experience when they go online, but sometimes a child might be sent an image, video or message without their consent that upsets or confuses them. It can be hard to know what to say or do in these types of situations and that’s completely normal. […]
Neuroscience Research
Posted on November 15, 2020 Leave a Comment
The brain learns through trusting relationships If we are with people we know and trust then our minds are more open to new experiences. We are open to trying something new or to changing our beliefs about the world and other people.The capacity of the brain to learn in everyday life depends on relationships with […]
Childhood Trauma and the Brain: How Mental Health Problems Develop
Posted on November 15, 2020 Leave a Comment
We know that mental health problems after abuse and neglect are not inevitable. Many children grow up to be healthy and successful adults. In this video, Linking Childhood Trauma to Mental Health, Professor Eamon McCrory explains what scientists have learned about how mental health problems develop over time in an accessible way for professionals and carers […]
The Adolescent Brain
Posted on November 15, 2020 Leave a Comment
In the final edition of Child in Mind, Claudia Hammond talks about the often misunderstood changes that happen during adolescence with young person Yaamin and Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL Sarah-Jane Blakemore https://www.annafreud.org/parents-and-carers/child-in-mind/
What is trauma and how does it affect the brain?
Posted on November 15, 2020 Leave a Comment
What is trauma, what does it look like, and how does it affect the brain? These questions are discussed in this month’s Child in Mind podcast. Presenter Claudia Hammond is joined by David Trickey, Consultant Clinical Child Psychologist in the Trauma and Maltreatment Service at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families. https://www.annafreud.org/parents-and-carers/child-in-mind/
Psychological “wounds”
Posted on September 25, 2020 1 Comment
If young children dont get their developmental needs met, they automatically survive by forming a split personality. This causes several interrelated psychological “wounds”
Jean Piaget’s Theory and Stages of Cognitive Development
Posted on September 13, 2020 Leave a Comment
Piaget (1936) was the first psychologist to make a systematic study of cognitive development. His contributions include a stage theory of child cognitive development, detailed observational studies of cognition in children, and a series of simple but ingenious tests to reveal different cognitive abilities. What Piaget wanted to do was not to measure how well children […]
What are the long-term effects of parental alienation on the child who has been alienated?
Posted on September 4, 2020 Leave a Comment
The results are devastating for the alienated child and can last a lifetime. Not only does the child miss out on a lifetime of having an enjoyable and fulfilling relationship with the parent they have been conditioned to reject, they also develop some serious pathological behaviors and attitudes that carry in to their adult lives. […]
