{"product_id":"vulnerable-minds-the-harm-of-childhood-trauma-and-the-hope-of-resilience-hardcover","title":"Vulnerable Minds: The Harm of Childhood Trauma and the Hope of Resilience - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarc D. Hauser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new, hopeful pathway to understanding children's trauma and providing effective interventions to build healthier communities\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach year at least a billion children around the world are victims of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) that range from physical abuse to racial discrimination to neglect and food deprivation. The brain plasticity of our most vulnerable makes the adverse effects of trauma only that much more damaging to mental and physical development. Those dealt a hand of ACEs are more likely to drop out of school, have a shorter life, abuse substances, and suffer from myriad mental health and behavioral issues.\u003cbr\u003e The crucial question is: How do we intervene to offer these children a more hopeful future? Neurobiologist and educator Dr. Marc Hauser provides a novel, research-based framework to understand a child's unique response to ACEs that goes beyond our current understanding and is centered around the five Ts--the \u003ci\u003etiming\u003c\/i\u003e during development when the trauma began, its \u003ci\u003etype, tenure\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003etoxicity\u003c\/i\u003e, and how much \u003ci\u003eturbulence \u003c\/i\u003eit has caused in a child's life. Using this lens, adults can start to help children build resilience and recover--and even benefit--from their adversity through targeted community and school interventions, emotional regulation tools, as well as a new frontier of therapies focused on direct brain stimulation, including neurofeedback and psychedelics.\u003cbr\u003e While human suffering experienced by children is the most devastating, it also presents the most promise for recovery; the plasticity of young people's brains makes them vulnerable, but it also makes them apt to take back the joy, wonder, innocence, and curiosity of childhood when given the right support. \u003ci\u003eVulnerable Minds\u003c\/i\u003e is a call to action for parents, policymakers, educators, and doctors to reclaim what's been lost and commit ourselves to our collective responsibility to all children.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarc Hauser, PhD, \u003c\/b\u003eis an educator, neuroscientist, and the founder of Risk Eraser, a program that helps at-risk kids lead healthier lives. He is a former professor of evolutionary biology and psychology at Harvard University and the author of over three hundred papers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701969358944,"sku":"9780593538692","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/vulnerable-minds-the-harm-of-childhood-trauma-and-the-hope-of-resilience-hardcover","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}