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This article comes to us from Dr Bruce Perry’s - Brain and Mind 3:79-100, 2002
Childhood Experience and the Expression of Genetic Potential: What Childhood Neglect Tells Us About Nature and Nurture. Studies of childhood abuse and neglect have important lessons for considerations of nature and nurture. Read the article here What Childhood Experience Tells Us About Nature and Nurture (1862)
Brainwave’s Dr Simon Rowley was interviewed on Radio New Zealand’s Nine to Noon show on May 20th. You will find lots of information and great Q and A at the end. Dr Rowley’s Interview
Judy Bailey was interviewed on TV One’s ”Good Morning” show on Friday, 12th February. She talked about her work with the Brainwave Trust and the importance of the first three years in a child’s development. You can view the intereview on the TVNZ website. http://tvnz.co.nz/good-morning/s2010-e120210-judybailey-video-3362806
Our wonderful Trustee & presenter, Judy Bailey, spoke out for Brainwave in an interview for the Australian Women’s Weekly magazine, January 2010 edition. Read it here.
Mother of a Mission (651)
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Little Treasures New Baby Issue of their monthly magazine features this excellent article by Suzanne McFadden. They have kindly allowed us to publish their article on our website. It highlights the ten most important things that babies need in order to grow up happy and secure. Dr. Simon Rowley, one of our Trustees and a Brainwave presenter /advisor, is quoted in this article. Copyright remains with Little Treasures. Visit their website www.treasures.co.nz to learn more about their magazine.
Ten Steps to Baby Bliss (1658)
An excellent personal perspective article written January 2010 by Graeme MacCormick; Brainwave advisor & presenter, former Family Court Judge and Human Rights Commissioner.
He reviews Brainwave’s progress, links to criminal offending, questions why we as a society are ignoring the research, puts forward proposals for the way ahead, lists objections, hurdles & Maori issues before ending with the positives and an excellent summary and concluding comments.
Personal Perspecitve by Graeme MacCormick (856)
Simon Rowley, paediatrician at Auckland Hospital and Brainwave Trustee, wrote this informative article for the July 2009 Chronicle. How Experience Shapes the Brain (2545)
The message that the first three years of life are extremely important for brain development is becoming more widely known. What may be less clear is how to put this knowledge into practice. Click on this link to read the article written by Keryn O’Neill, a Brainwave Presenter who has a Masters Degree in Psychology.
Learning is Child's Play (1497)
Researching and understanding the effects of non-parental care on young children is complex. Each child, each family, each situation is different. Data can only speak in statistically significant generalities. Yet once the findings from the research become robust and repeated it is important to report it so that parents can incorporate this information into their decisions, as well as advocate for improved policies and programmes. 
To date, many studies have examined the link between the stress hormone cortisol and the use of childcare in children. Because observed behaviours do not always reliably reflect a child’s stress level, physiological measures are seen as more accurate assessments of a child’s stress response in childcare. Humans produce cortisol even when they are not stressed. However, multiple pathways in the brain respond to threat or challenge by increasing activity of the HPA system that raises cortisol levels over normal baseline. Chronic exposure to stress early in childhood may be a risk for later affective and cognitive functioning……
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There are many reasons why parents leave their children in the care of others. Brainwave Trust’s vision is that one day every child in New Zealand will get the best start in life because parents and the whole community understand and value the impact early experiences have on brain development, and ultimately on the healthy development of society.
Our role is to advocate on behalf of children so that all the adults that affect their lives know this science and are able to use this to inform the decisions they take on behalf of those children. What is easiest/best for the adults in the short term – be they parents, teachers, politicians, nannies etc – is not always what is best for the child. Read more
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