Sentences with phrase «neurobiological impact of stress»

This two - day didactic and experiential workshop is designed to provide a rationale for group play therapy; an overview of basic principles of play therapy and application within groups; an explanation of the neurobiological impact of stress and trauma on children and their families; and presents a series of integrative, playful group activities that can be utilized to address affective and behavioral manifestations of acute and chronic stress in children.

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Jack Shonkoff, director of the Center on the Developing Child and a professor at Harvard University, constantly explores the research and scientific evidence on children's «toxic stress response» and the impact this neurobiological system has on brain development and the development of disease years and decades later.

Special emphasis is placed on the neurobiological impact of early childhood trauma, ways in which affect and behavior are responses to a state of stress / distress, and the ways in which play therapy is well suited to address signs and symptoms of acute and chronic stress in children and youth.