ECE 353 Week 2 Discussion

ECE 353 Week 2 Discussion

Part I: Using information from the textbook to support your response, address the following:

• Discuss the impact of environment on brain development.  Support this point with at least one scholarly source in addition to the course text.
• Explain the concept of neuroplasticity as it relates to positive and negative life experiences. Please provide a specific example to support your thinking.

Part II: Read one article from the list below and use it to support your response to the following:

• Based on the article you chose, discuss how poverty and/or a specific type of trauma impacts brain development and behavior.  Make sure to also state the article you read.
• Explain how you will use this “trauma informed” perspective in understanding and working with children.
• Discuss what you would do differently as a professional now that you have this knowledge and if your view of “trauma” has changed?
• Describe what approach you might take when you need to talk to a family about a situation where the child’s academic performance and/or behavior is being impacted by trauma. What specifically would you want to discuss with the family?
• Article 1:The Toll of ACEs: Adverse Childhood Experiences and Their Effect on Lifelong Health (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. ( Suginaka & Boose, 2014)
• Article 2: Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.(Cook, et al., 2007)
• Article 3: Neuropsychological Assessment in Clinical Evaluation of Children and Adolescents with Complex Trauma (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.(Gabowitz, Zucker, & Cook, 2008)
• Article 4: Traumatized Children: How Childhood Trauma Influences Brain Development (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.(Perry, 2000)

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ECE 353 Week 2 Discussion

Part I: Using information from the textbook to support your response, address the following:

• Discuss the impact of environment on brain development.  Support this point with at least one scholarly source in addition to the course text.
• Explain the concept of neuroplasticity as it relates to positive and negative life experiences. Please provide a specific example to support your thinking.

Part II: Read one article from the list below and use it to support your response to the following:

• Based on the article you chose, discuss how poverty and/or a specific type of trauma impacts brain development and behavior.  Make sure to also state the article you read.
• Explain how you will use this “trauma informed” perspective in understanding and working with children.
• Discuss what you would do differently as a professional now that you have this knowledge and if your view of “trauma” has changed?
• Describe what approach you might take when you need to talk to a family about a situation where the child’s academic performance and/or behavior is being impacted by trauma. What specifically would you want to discuss with the family?
  • Article 1:The Toll of ACEs: Adverse Childhood Experiences and Their Effect on Lifelong Health (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. ( Suginaka & Boose, 2014)
  • Article 2: Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.(Cook, et al., 2007)
  • Article 3: Neuropsychological Assessment in Clinical Evaluation of Children and Adolescents with Complex Trauma (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.(Gabowitz, Zucker, & Cook, 2008)
  • Article 4: Traumatized Children: How Childhood Trauma Influences Brain Development (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.(Perry, 2000)

• ECE 353 Week 2 Discussion

  Part I: Using information from the textbook to support your response, address the following:
  
  • Discuss the impact of environment on brain development.  Support this point with at least one scholarly source in addition to the course text.
  • Explain the concept of neuroplasticity as it relates to positive and negative life experiences. Please provide a specific example to support your thinking.
  Part II: Read one article from the list below and use it to support your response to the following:
  
  • Based on the article you chose, discuss how poverty and/or a specific type of trauma impacts brain development and behavior.  Make sure to also state the article you read.
  • Explain how you will use this “trauma informed” perspective in understanding and working with children.
  • Discuss what you would do differently as a professional now that you have this knowledge and if your view of “trauma” has changed?
  • Describe what approach you might take when you need to talk to a family about a situation where the child’s academic performance and/or behavior is being impacted by trauma. What specifically would you want to discuss with the family?
    • Article 1:The Toll of ACEs: Adverse Childhood Experiences and Their Effect on Lifelong Health (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. ( Suginaka & Boose, 2014)
    • Article 2: Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.(Cook, et al., 2007)
    • Article 3: Neuropsychological Assessment in Clinical Evaluation of Children and Adolescents with Complex Trauma (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.(Gabowitz, Zucker, & Cook, 2008)
    • Article 4: Traumatized Children: How Childhood Trauma Influences Brain Development (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.(Perry, 2000)