{"id":278,"date":"2014-09-26T21:10:21","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T21:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/lifespandevelopment1x1\/?post_type=chapter&p=278"},"modified":"2016-03-16T18:34:58","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T18:34:58","slug":"childhood-stress-and-development","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-lifespandevelopment2\/chapter\/childhood-stress-and-development\/","title":{"raw":"Childhood Stress and Development","rendered":"Childhood Stress and Development"},"content":{"raw":"\"homelessWhat is the impact of stress on child development?\u00a0 Children experience different types of stressors.\u00a0 Normal, everyday stress can provide an opportunity for young children to build coping skills and poses little risk to development.\u00a0 Even more long-lasting stressful events such as changing schools or losing a loved one can be managed fairly well.\u00a0 But children who experience\u00a0toxic stress\u00a0or who live in extremely stressful situations of abuse over long periods of time can suffer long-lasting effects.\u00a0 The structures in the midbrain or limbic system such as the hippocampus and amygdala can be vulnerable to prolonged stress during early childhood (Middlebrooks and Audage, 2008).\u00a0 High levels of the stress hormone cortisol can reduce the size of the hippocampus and\u00a0effect\u00a0the child's memory abilities.\u00a0 Stress hormones can also reduce immunity to disease.\u00a0 The brain exposed to long periods of severe stress can develop a low\u00a0threshold making the child hypersensitive to stress in the future.\u00a0 However, the effects of stress can be minimized if the child has the support of caring adults.\r\n\r\nIn the next lesson, we continue to look at childhood as we examine the period between starting school and entering adolescence known as middle childhood.\r\n\r\n ","rendered":"

\"homelessWhat is the impact of stress on child development?\u00a0 Children experience different types of stressors.\u00a0 Normal, everyday stress can provide an opportunity for young children to build coping skills and poses little risk to development.\u00a0 Even more long-lasting stressful events such as changing schools or losing a loved one can be managed fairly well.\u00a0 But children who experience\u00a0toxic stress\u00a0or who live in extremely stressful situations of abuse over long periods of time can suffer long-lasting effects.\u00a0 The structures in the midbrain or limbic system such as the hippocampus and amygdala can be vulnerable to prolonged stress during early childhood (Middlebrooks and Audage, 2008).\u00a0 High levels of the stress hormone cortisol can reduce the size of the hippocampus and\u00a0effect\u00a0the child’s memory abilities.\u00a0 Stress hormones can also reduce immunity to disease.\u00a0 The brain exposed to long periods of severe stress can develop a low\u00a0threshold making the child hypersensitive to stress in the future.\u00a0 However, the effects of stress can be minimized if the child has the support of caring adults.<\/p>\n

In the next lesson, we continue to look at childhood as we examine the period between starting school and entering adolescence known as middle childhood.<\/p>\n

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