Facilitating developmental attachment : the road to emotional recovery and behavioral change in foster and adopted children / Daniel A. Hughes.

By:

Hughes, Daniel A

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Northvale, N.J. : J. Aronson, c2004.Description: viii, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

0765700387
9780765702708

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

155.445 HUG

Summary: This book shows how to work successfully with emotional and behavioral problems rooted in deficient early attachments. In particular, it addresses the emotional difficulties of many of the foster and adopted children living in our country who are unable to form secure attachments. Traditional interventions, which do not teach parents how to successfully engage the child, frequently do not provide the means by which the seriously damaged child can form the secure attachment that underlies behavioral change. Dr. Daniel Hughes maps out a treatment plan designed to help the child begin to experience and accept, from both the therapist and the parents, affective attunement that he or she should have received in the first few years of life. Hughes\' approach includes using foster and adopted parents as co-therapists; teaching differentiation between old and new parents; overcoming the perception of discipline as abusive; and framing misbehavior, discipline, conflicts, and parental authority as important aspects of a child\'s learning to trust.

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book shows how to work successfully with emotional and behavioral problems rooted in deficient early attachments. In particular, it addresses the emotional difficulties of many of the foster and adopted children living in our country who are unable to form secure attachments. Traditional interventions, which do not teach parents how to successfully engage the child, frequently do not provide the means by which the seriously damaged child can form the secure attachment that underlies behavioral change. Dr. Daniel Hughes maps out a treatment plan designed to help the child begin to experience and accept, from both the therapist and the parents, affective attunement that he or she should have received in the first few years of life. Hughes' approach includes: --Using foster and adopted parents as co-therapists --Teaching differentiation between old and new parents --Overcoming the perception of discipline as abusive --Framing misbehavior, discipline, conflicts, and parental authority as important aspects of a child's learning to trust. All children, at the core of their beings, need to be attached to someone who considers them to be very special and who is committed to providing for their ongoing care. Children who lose their birth parents desperately need such a relationship if they are to heal and grow. This book shows therapists how to facilitate this crucial bond. A Jason Aronson Book

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-256) and index.

This book shows how to work successfully with emotional and behavioral problems rooted in deficient early attachments. In particular, it addresses the emotional difficulties of many of the foster and adopted children living in our country who are unable to form secure attachments. Traditional interventions, which do not teach parents how to successfully engage the child, frequently do not provide the means by which the seriously damaged child can form the secure attachment that underlies behavioral change. Dr. Daniel Hughes maps out a treatment plan designed to help the child begin to experience and accept, from both the therapist and the parents, affective attunement that he or she should have received in the first few years of life. Hughes\' approach includes using foster and adopted parents as co-therapists; teaching differentiation between old and new parents; overcoming the perception of discipline as abusive; and framing misbehavior, discipline, conflicts, and parental authority as important aspects of a child\'s learning to trust.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Daniel Hughes, Ph.D., received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Ohio University. For over a decade he was the coordinator of children's services at Kennebec Valley Mental Health Center and also worked at Colby College Counseling Services. He is in private practice in Waterville, Maine, where he has contracts with foster care agencies.