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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.
Bruce Perry probably has a start on this, as well.
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. Iâd 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
My son is a graphic artist - I could ask him to take a whack at it.
Not quite what you are asking for, but here's an infographic on the dangers of getting sucked into the mental health system instead of having the trauma dealt with as trauma.
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Love the infographic, Al! Can you post it in the Media section on the main network?
This guide from Child Trauma and Development guide from Australia has a chart showing trauma possible responses to trauma at different child stages of development and ages. See pages 7-20