Nurturing Attachments

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ISBN: 9781843106142 | 1843106140
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 12/15/2007

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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.

Acknowledgements	p. 11
Introduction	p. 13
Attachment Theory
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
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
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
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
Safe place visualization	p. 68
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
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
A Model for Parenting the Child with Difficulties in Attachment Relationships: Providing a Secure Base
Introduction to the Model and Creating a Secure Base	p. 95
The challenge of parenting children with difficult attachment relationship histories	p. 98
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
Understanding your own attachment history	p. 113
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
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
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
Looking After Yourself	p. 145
Making time for reflection and relaxation	p. 146
Stress and coping	p. 150
Making changes	p. 151
Stress thermometer	p. 153
A Model for Parenting the Child with Difficulties in Attachment Relationships: Building Relationships and Managing Behaviour
Helping the Child to Enjoy Being Part of the Family	p. 157
Enjoyment and belonging	p. 158
Additional theory: Socialization and shame	p. 161
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
Providing Structure and Supervision	p. 181
Using structure and supervision to help the child feel secure	p. 182
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
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
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
Creating a safety plan	p. 214
Helping the child who lies and steals	p. 216
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
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