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Brain-Based Prevention for Each Stage of Development:
From Attachment to Individuation
by Crystal Collier, PhD, LPC-S
Introduction
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My
Story
The Guide
The
Website
The Hero
Neuro
The Adventures
Prevention
BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
Per Stage
BIRTH – AGE 4
AGE 5 - 8
AGE 9 - 12
AGE 13 - 16
AGE 17 - 21
Development
Brain
What part of your brain is the accelerator?
What part of your brain is the brake?
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The Skills
Executive Functions
Birth to Age 11/12
Age 11/12 to 24/25
Executive Functioning Skills
The Brain’s
USE IT OR LOSE IT
Rule
Dendrites!
Dendrites!
Dendrites!
Birth – Age 4
Attachment Styles
Attachment Styles in Adulthood
Attachment-Style Differences in Communication | ||||
| Secure | Preoccupied/ Disorganized | Fearful/ Anxious | Dismissive/ Avoidant |
Conflict Behavior | Most compromising and problem solving | Demanding, dominating, nagging, whining | Accommodating, passive | Withdraws, less accommodating, more interruptions |
Maintenance Behavior | Highest level of maintenance | High level of maintenance | Relatively low levels of maintenance | Less maintenance overall, especially less romance and assurance |
Emotional expression | Readily express emotions in a direct, prosocial manner | Aggressive and passive aggressive displays of negative emotion | Inhibits expression of negative emotion | Experience and express emotions negative and positive the least |
Self-disclosure | High levels of appropriate disclosure, able to elicit disclosure from others | High levels of disclosure that are sometimes inappropriate or indiscriminate | Low levels of disclosure especially with strangers or acquaintances | Low levels of disclosure |
Nonverbal intimacy | Relatively high levels of facial and vocal pleasantness, laughter, touch and smiling | A mix of positive and negative nonverbal cues, depending on the situation | Relatively low levels of facial and vocal pleasantries, expressiveness and smiling | Relatively low levels of facial and vocal pleasantries and smiling |
Social skill | Assertive, responsive to others, able to provide effective care and comfort | Overly sensitive, difficulty controlling emotional expression | Trouble expressing self and being assertive, exhibit anxiety cues such as lack of fluency and long response latencies | Trouble expressing themselves and comforting others |
Age 5 – 8
Parenting Styles
Self-Efficacy Self-Esteem
Age-Appropriate Chores
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Setting Clear Expectations
Age 9 – 12
Executive Function� Building Scripts
DysFunctional Family Rules
DontTalk
DontTrust
DontFeel
DontDeal
Age 13 – 16�
Who am I?
Family Dinners
Reprinted with permission from The NeuroWhereAbouts Guide© DrCrystalCollier
Healthy �Relationships
Body Image
Age 17 – 21
avoiding punishment
self-interest
Age 20
Age 5
Age 16
Age 12
Age 8
Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development
principle
Healthy� Launching
The Earlier Teens Use Any Substance the Greater Risk of Addiction
Center on Substance Abuse and Addiction (2009)
Onset Range for Mental Disorders
Kessler, et al (2005); Merikangas, et al (2010); Paus, et al (2008)
ES
HS
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CONSISTENT & DEVELOPMENTAL
Brain-Based
Prevention for Schools
INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES
SYSTEMIC APPROACH
NORM CHANGING
TAILORED TO CULTURE
Prevention must be grounded in science and tailored to youth brain development.
Executive Functioning Skills
Multiple High-Risk Behaviors
Best-Practice Prevention: Comprehensive
www.knowyourneuro.org
Free, Online Prevention Resource
Prevention
Policy
Behavioral Health Transformation Strategy
Birth -4
Attunement
Attachment
Coregulation
Phase I Brain Development
Parenting Styles
Age 5-8
Executive Skills Building
Friendship Groups
B-Mod
Coping Skills
Family Code
Refusal Skills
Age 9-18
Phase II Brain Development
Prevention Talks
Pro-socials
Community Engagement
Recovery Support
Crystal Collier, PhD, LPC-S
(713) 254-9719
crystal@drcrystalcollier.com
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