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Understanding Children and Young People’s Mental Health
! STOP AND THINK!
What sort of behaviours have you seen, or would you expect,
a very young child to display if they wanted to communicate a
need? How might they draw attention to themselves and their
needs?
Make notes in the space below.
You might have thought about the following behaviours:
• Crying
• Shouting
• Facial expressions
• Moving legs and arms
• Pointing and gesticulating
• Screaming.
Social and emotional development can also be affected by environmental and physical
factors. You have already covered in Unit 2 how trauma and adverse experiences in
childhood can affect the individual for the rest of their lives.
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