Attaching in adoption
Subtitle: practical tools for today's parents
By: Deborah D. Gray
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; Philadelphia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781849058902
Subjects: Adoption; Attachment behavior in children; Attachment disorder in children; Adopted children; Family relationships
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is attachment and why is it important?; title: Challenges for children and parents; title: What children have already learned about attachment; title: Grief and its effects; title: Trauma and traumatic loss; title: The impact of cultural change; title: Other complications for attaching; title: Emotional development : promoting attachment at every phase; title: The shape of progress; title: Relaxing the grip of anxiety and control; title: The fairness factor; title: Building emotional intelligence; title: Forming a team of support; title: Getting professional help.