Nurturing attachments : supporting children who are fostered or adopted / Kim S. Golding.
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TextPublication details: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008.Description: 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781843106142 (alk. paper)
- 1843106140 (alk. paper)
- 362.733 GOL
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Nurturing Attachments combines the experience and wisdom of parents and carers with that of professionals to provide support and practical guidance for foster and adoptive parents looking after children with insecure attachment relationships.
It gives an overview of attachment theory and a step-by-step model of parenting which provides the reader with a tried-and-tested framework for developing resilience and emotional growth. Featuring throughout are the stories of Catherine, Zoe, Marcus and Luke, four fictional children in foster care or adoptive homes, who are used to illustrate the ideas and strategies described. The book offers sound advice and provides exercises for parents and their children, as well as useful tools that supervising social workers can use both in individual support of carers as well as in training exercises.
This is an essential guide for adoptive and foster parents, professionals including health and social care practitioners, clinical psychologists, child care professionals, and lecturers and students in this field.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-228) and indexes.
Overview of attachment theory -- Attachment theory : caregiving and its impact on attachment and exploration -- Attachment theory : patterns of attachment -- Difficulties in development : the impact of loss and trauma -- Parenting children with difficulties experiencing relationships as secure -- Parenting and patterns of attachment -- Introduction to the model and creating a secure base -- Empathy and support from the secure base -- Attunement and empathy -- Protecting the family atmosphere and the development of emotional regulation -- Creating a feeling of belonging for the child -- Looking after yourself -- Helping the child to enjoy being part of the family -- Learning to parent with PACE and building relationships with stories -- Providing structure and supervision -- Managing confrontation and coercive interactions -- Thinking, feeling and behavioural choices -- Managing special difficulties : lying, stealing and self-harm -- Conclusion.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgements (p. 11)
- Introduction (p. 13)
- Part 1 Attachment Theory
- 1 Overview of Attachment Theory (p. 23)
- What is attachment theory? (p. 24)
- Why are attachment relationships important? (p. 25)
- What happens when attachment relationships are insecure, unavailable or frightening? (p. 26)
- What happens as the child grows older? (p. 28)
- 2 Attachment Theory: Caregiving and its Impact on Attachment and Exploration (p. 31)
- Characteristics of the attachment relationship (p. 31)
- Attachment and exploratory behaviour (p. 32)
- Dimensions of caregiving (p. 33)
- How attachment behaviour changes through childhood (p. 36)
- The internal working model (p. 39)
- 3 Attachment Theory: Patterns of Attachment (p. 45)
- The secure attachment pattern (p. 45)
- The organized insecure attachment patterns (p. 48)
- The disorganized/controlling attachment pattern (p. 54)
- Non-attachment (p. 58)
- 4 Difficulties in Development: The Impact of Loss and Trauma (p. 59)
- The attachment relationship and development (p. 59)
- Moving into foster and adoptive homes (p. 63)
- Supporting children with the experience of loss and separation (p. 64)
- Helping children recover from the trauma of early adverse parenting (p. 65)
- Exercise 4.1 Safe place visualization (p. 68)
- 5 Parenting Children with Difficulties Experiencing Relationships as Secure (p. 71)
- How can an understanding of attachment theory influence parenting? (p. 71)
- How can we increase feelings of safety for the child? (p. 73)
- Therapeutic help (p. 78)
- 6 Parenting and Patterns of Attachment (p. 83)
- Parenting the child with an ambivalent attachment pattern of relating (p. 84)
- Parenting the child with an avoidant attachment pattern of relating (p. 86)
- Parenting the child with a disorganized/controlling attachment pattern of relating (p. 88)
- Parenting the child who has not learnt to selectively attach (p. 90)
- Part 2 A Model for Parenting the Child with Difficulties in Attachment Relationships: Providing a Secure Base
- 7 Introduction to the Model and Creating a Secure Base (p. 95)
- The challenge of parenting children with difficult attachment relationship histories (p. 98)
- 8 Empathy and Support from the Secure Base (p. 101)
- What is empathy? (p. 102)
- Supporting internal experience and managing behaviour (p. 103)
- Understanding the impact of past experience on parenting (p. 110)
- Exercise 8.1 Understanding your own attachment history (p. 113)
- 9 Attunement and Empathy (p. 115)
- What is meant by attunement? (p. 116)
- Managing difficult behaviour within attuned relationships (p. 118)
- How to help children experience attunement through relationship-based play (p. 121)
- Helping children develop understanding through attuned relationships (p. 123)
- 10 Protecting the Family Atmosphere and the Development of Emotional Regulation (p. 125)
- What is a family atmosphere? (p. 126)
- Developing emotional regulation (p. 128)
- Additional theory: The process of attachment and the developing brain (p. 130)
- 11 Creating a Feeling of Belonging for the Child (p. 137)
- The use of family rituals and claiming behaviours to help children feel that they belong (p. 138)
- Helping children who are angry (p. 139)
- 12 Looking After Yourself (p. 145)
- Making time for reflection and relaxation (p. 146)
- Stress and coping (p. 150)
- Exercise 12.1 Making changes (p. 151)
- Exercise 12.2 Stress thermometer (p. 153)
- Part 3 A Model for Parenting the Child with Difficulties in Attachment Relationships: Building Relationships and Managing Behaviour
- 13 Helping the Child to Enjoy Being Part of the Family (p. 157)
- Enjoyment and belonging (p. 158)
- Additional theory: Socialization and shame (p. 161)
- 14 Learning to Parent with PACE and Building Relationships with Stories (p. 165)
- What is meant by PACE? (p. 166)
- Building relationships with stories (p. 171)
- Stories written for children (p. 173)
- 15 Providing Structure and Supervision (p. 181)
- Using structure and supervision to help the child feel secure (p. 182)
- 16 Managing Confrontation and Coercive Interactions (p. 187)
- How to step aside from confrontation (p. 188)
- Coercive patterns (p. 190)
- Helping children develop problem-solving abilities (p. 195)
- 17 Thinking, Feeling and Behavioural Choices (p. 197)
- Thinking, feeling and behaving (p. 198)
- The ABC of behaviour (p. 201)
- Rewards (p. 203)
- The use of choices and logical consequences (p. 205)
- 18 Managing Special Difficulties: Lying, Stealing and Self-harm (p. 209)
- Children and young people who self-harm (p. 209)
- Managing risk of suicide (p. 213)
- Exercise 18.1 Creating a safety plan (p. 214)
- Helping the child who lies and steals (p. 216)
- 19 Conclusion (p. 221)
- The house complete (p. 221)
- References (p. 225)
- Further Reading (p. 227)
- Glossary (p. 231)
- Subject Index (p. 233)
- Author Index (p. 239)