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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2025): From synpatic pruning to educational neuroscience

APPROCHE NEUROSCIENTIFIQUE ET ENJEUX ÉDUCATIFS POUR LES TRAVAILLEURS SOCIAUX INTERVENANT AUPRÈS D’ENFANTS PLACÉS EN FOYER AYANT DES TROUBLES DE L’ATTACHEMENT

  • Jimmy Vaillant
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26034/cortica.2025.9645
Submitted
April 5, 2026
Published
2026-04-05

Abstract

This work explores attachment disorders in children placed in a medical-educational residential setting in Lausanne. It explains how early emotional deprivation, trauma, and family instability can deeply affect a child’s emotional, relational, and brain development. Drawing on educational neuroscience, the PRESENCE model, and the ARC model, the author highlights the importance of a stable, safe, and caring educational environment. The project mainly introduces the RESPIRE workshop, based on breathing, cardiac coherence, and emotional co-regulation, to help children strengthen their inner sense of safety and self-regulation skills. The GOISA observation grid could then be used to assess changes in their emotional security over time.

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