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Understand the factors that influence children and young people's development and how these affect practice

This Harvard University looks at the extensive biological and developmental research that shows significant neglect—the ongoing disruption or significant absence of caregiver responsiveness—can cause more lasting harm to a young child's development than overt physical abuse, including subsequent cognitive delays, impairments in executive functioning, and disruptions of the body's stress response. The video is called ‘InBrief: The science of negect’.