Adopted Children Experience Poorly Wired Brains

Adopted children can present very challenging behaviors for adoptive parents.  This is partially due to ‘poor’ wiring in the brain of adopted children.  In the early stages of life, the neurons in the brain begin to undergo significant connectivity based on their environment.  Absences of proper stimuli inhibit proper neuron connectivity in early brain development.  But, take heart, adoptive parents!  This can be changed, as the brain is very ‘plastic’.  Neurofeedback can help the brain of adopted kids make better connections.  Here’s an article from NPR on the brains of adopted children>

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