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A developmental perspective

The formative years of life

The development of a child is sensitive to negative impacts such as mal nutrition, deprivation of care.

The child mind is different than ours and have different needs.

The early years of a child are determinant for his development

Implications of neuroscience

Human neurological development requires basic elements consistent with secure, stimulating and responsive care.

The earliest months of life are also the period of most rapid synapse formation – constructing the dense networks of neural connectivity.

A newborn's brain is composed of trillions of neurons...The experiences of childhood determine which neurons are used, that wire the circuits of the brain. Those neurons that are not used may die.

A critical, or a sensitive period?

Studies of children moved into a positive environment with adoptive families paint a more optimistic picture, consistently demonstrating improvements in social, emotional and intellectual functioning.

n many poverty contexts, physical and psycho-social risks co-occur and interact in long term outcomes.

This debate has been expressed scientifically though studies of the impacts of extreme deprivation and abuse.