Click here  to download the fact sheet Supporting Maltreated Children.  It is very helpful in understanding how early neglect and abuse affect attachment and brain development and how to help children so affected.

Supporting Maltreated Children was adapted from articles by Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D.  It is from Adoptalk, published by the North American Council on Adoptable Children, St. Paul, Minnesota; 651-644-3036; www.nacac.org.  It was also included in the October 2011 edition of the Resource Advisory Committee’s Building Connections newsletter.