by Evan Dwan | Dec 23, 2021 | News |
Ed Tronick, in analysing mother-infant dyads, noticed that both engage in a dance of mutual regulation (Gold, 2017). Many times during this dance, the mother and infant are not in tune. The baby might smile and the mothers looks away. This is called a ‘mismatch’. In...
by Evan Dwan | Dec 22, 2021 | News |
Belsky (2019) defines resilient children as those who rebound from early life traumas to create successful lives. Developmentalists find that children who are resilient have a special talent, are good at regulating emotions, have high sense of self-efficacy, optimism...
by Evan Dwan | Dec 21, 2021 | News |
During adolescence the brain changes almost as rapidly as it does during infancy (Beckett and Taylor, 2019). During this period, like in the early years, synaptic pruning takes place in which neural pathways that are not reinforced disappear while those regularly used...
by Evan Dwan | Dec 21, 2021 | News |
Childhood trauma has a profound impact on emotional, social, cognitive, behavioural and physical functioning (Perry et al, 1995). Developmental experiences determine the organisation and functioning of the mature brain. Adaptive responses to trauma include...
by Evan Dwan | Dec 21, 2021 | News |
The roots of disease in early development There are signs that various aspects of the human condition are under severe stress and this is being expressed in an increase in emotional disorders in childhood and adulthood (Schore, 2012). The roots of psychopathology lie...
