Prompt:

Read the Mr. Stayner’s Murder Trial article, found below, as well as other materials about the case that you might find online.

• Mr. Stayner’s Murder Trial

For this week’s discussion you are the expert witness (social worker with a background on early childhood development) Licensed Clinical Social Worker. You are providing a report to the court regarding how M. Stayner’s early years and his brain development have impacted the person he is today. Please note you do not have to determine whether he is guilty or innocent, you are simply reporting to the court the impact his environment and his psychological issues have on who he became.

This is an exercise in which you will articulate what you have learned about the brain. This exercise will demonstrate your understanding of this week’s material.

Your Tasks:

Please submit one original post (400-500 words). Cite the text when appropriate for the discussion prompt above. Cite at least two relevant peer-reviewed journal articles to achieve maximum points for this assignment.

**These are some of the required reading journal articles for this week. This might help for the assignment.**

Journal Articles

Coan, J. A. (2008). Toward a neuroscience of attachment. In J. A. Cassidy & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Handbook of attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications, (pp. 241–265). New York, NY: Guilford.

Farmer, R. L. (2009). Neuroscience in a nutshell. Neuroscience and Social Work Practice: The Missing Link, (pp. 9-10). Thousand Oaks: California.

Farmer, R. L. (2009). Tour of the brain. Neuroscience and Social Work Practice: The Missing Link,(pp. 21-34). Thousand Oaks: California.

Farmer, R. L. (2009). Neuroscience as link: Transactional model. Neuroscience and Social Work Practice: The Missing Link, (pp. 35-45). Thousand Oaks: California.Thousand Oaks: California.

McEwen, B.S. (2012). Brain on Stress: How the social environment gets under the skin. Proceedings of the national Academy of Sciences, 109(supplement 2), 17180-17185.

Meyer, D., Wood, S., & Stanley, B. (2013). Nurture Is Nature Integrating Brain Development, Systems Theory, and Attachment Theory. The Family Journal, 21(2), 162-165

Siegel, D.L. (2006). An interpersonal neurobiology approach to psychotherapy: Awareness, mirror neurons, and neural plasticity in the development of well-being. Psychiatric Annals, 38(4), 248-256.

Society for Neuroscience. (2008). Brain facts: A primer on the brain and nervous system, pp. 4-14.

Online Article

• NIH News: Brain wiring a no-brainer? – http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/brain-wiring-no-brainer

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