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Does anyone know of a chart or infographic that might show the impact of the trauma of a child being separated from his or her parent by the age or stage of development? A chart similar to this, perhaps? (This is way OVER SIMPLIFIED; I am a lay person looking to answer questions in a time- and space-limited forum.) Thank you! Please contact me at csippaces@gmail.com.
Trauma         Age             Impact                 Possible Outcome    Trauma-informed care 
Separation   2 weeks     severe stress       failure to thrive       reunited with caregiver
                                          release of 
                                          stress hormones
Separation   6 months   
Separation   1-3 years 
Separation   3 - 5 years
Separation   5- 8 years
Separation   8-11
Separation (on through to age 18?)
Last edited by Carey Sipp
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You might be able to create one, if you look at the work of Allan Schore.  He's a neuroscientist whose specialty is attachment, and the developmental stages a kid goes through, and what is happening neurologically if things go right vs. if it goes wrong.  

Also, there may be Kindertransport data you could mine?  Or Foster youth data?

In general, early separation is encoded in the right brain, as under age 2 or 3 the right brain is growing and developing much more actively and rapidly than the left.   R brain "certainties" of loss, pain, fear are persistent and very hard to rewire.

Thank you both! I also emailed Mimi Graham at FSU and she sent a chart I will attach when I am on my desktop later. It would be a great infographic right now! 

Could be a great way to show the neurological set-up for developmental trauma. 

If I were great with graphics, I would make a run at it. I’d love to see the long-term consequences portrayed somehow, and what Resilience science says can help. 

If anyone is a graphics human and wants to do this, I now have a few resources.

Thank you!

C  

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