Attachment Parenting: Developing Connections and Healing Children

✍ Scribed by Arthur Becker-Weidman and Deborah Shell (Editors)

• Publisher: Jason Aronson (An imprint of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.)
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 307
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Attachment Parenting describes a comprehensive approach to parenting children who have a history of neglect, abuse, orphanage care, or other experiences that may interfere with the normal development of attachment between parent and child. Grounded in attachment theory, Attachment Parenting gives parents, therapists, educators, and child-welfare and residential-treatment professionals the tools and skills necessary to help these children. With an approach rooted in dyadic developmental psychotherapy, which is an evidence-based, effective, and empirically validated treatment for complex trauma and disorders of attachment, Arthur Becker-Weidman and Deborah Shell provide practical and immediately usable approaches and methods to help children develop a healthier and more secure attachment. Attachment Parenting covers a wide range of topics, from describing the basic principles of this approach and how to select a therapist to chapters on concrete logistics, such as detailed suggestions for organizing the child's room, dealing with schools' concerns, and problem-solving. Chapters on sensory integration, art therapy for parents, narratives, and Theraplay give parents specific therapeutic activities that can be done at home to improve the quality of the child's attachment with the parent. And chapters on neuropsychological issues, mindfulness, and parent's use of self will also help parents directly. The book includes two chapters by parents discussing what worked for them, providing inspiration to parents and demonstrating that there is hope. Finally, the book ends with a comprehensive chapter on resources for parents and a summary of various professional standards regarding attachment, treatment, and parenting.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Ch01. Theory Basis for Attachment-Facilitating Parenting......Page 14
Ch02. Beginnings......Page 34
Ch03. The Details......Page 60
Ch04. Reasons for Misbehavior......Page 80
Ch05. Theraplay for Parents......Page 96
Ch06. The Role of Neuropsychological Evaluation and Interventionin the Management andTreatment of Children with aHistory of Early Maltreatment......Page 120
Ch07. A Sensory-Integration Perspective......Page 138
Ch08. Art and Attachment......Page 150
Ch09. Storytelling: How to Use Stories to Help Your Child......Page 172
Ch10. Mindfulness......Page 186
Ch11. Raising a Child Who Exhibits Sexually Reactive Behavior......Page 198
Ch12. Parenting the Child with Attachment Difficulties......Page 208
Ch13. Resources and Approaches for Parents......Page 240
Ch14. End Notes......Page 274
References......Page 294
Index......Page 302
About the Contributors......Page 304