Attachment handbook for foster care and adoption

Donated by The Freemasons Charity

Foreword by Professor david Howe|Introduction|PART I: Attachment theory
1. Attachment theory : core concepts
2. Secure- autonomous patterns
3. Avoidant and dismissing patterns
4. Ambivalent/resistant/preoccupied patterns
5. Disorganised, controlling, unresolved patterns|PART II: Providing a secure base
6. Being available : helping children to trust
7. Responding sensitively : helping children to manage their feelings and behaviour
8. Accepting the child : building self-esteem
9. Co-operative caregiving : helping children to feel effective
10. Promoting family membership : helping children to belong|PART III: Theory and practice
11. Attachment and common behaviour problems
12. Keeping attachment in mind : the role of the child's social worker
13. Keeping attachment in mind : the role of the family placement social worker
14. Attachment and contact|Looking forward : providing a secure base for children, families and social workers|References|Index|Author index

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"This comprehensive and authoritative book provides an accessible account of attachment concepts. It traces the pathways of secure and insecure patterns from birth to adulthood, exploring the impact of past experiences of abuse, neglect and separation on children's behaviour in foster and adoptive families. It then explains, from an attachment perspective, the dimensions of parenting that are associated with helping children to feel more secure and to fulfil their potential in the family, with peers, at school and in the community. Finally, it tackles the key role which “keeping attachment in mind” can play in a range of areas of family placement practice, including contact. Vivid case examples are used to make connections with the reality, both the challenges and the rewards, of daily life in foster and adoptive families." - BOOK JACKET

“There is so much good sense and sound advice in this book that I have every confidence that it will quickly establish itself as a core text for all those who care for and work with fostered and adopted children.” Professor David Howe, University of East Anglia.
This comprehensive and authoritative book provides an accessible account of attachment concepts. It traces the pathways of secure and insecure patterns from birth to adulthood, exploring the impact of past experiences of abuse, neglect and separation on children’s behaviour in foster and adoptive families. It then explains, from an attachment perspective, the dimensions of parenting that are associated with helping children to feel more secure and to fulfil their potential in the family, with peers, at school and in the community. Finally, it tackles the key role which “keeping attachment in mind” can play in a range of areas of family placement practice, including contact. Vivid case examples are used to make connections with the reality, both the challenges and the rewards, of daily life in foster and adoptive families.
This book will be an indispensable resource for practitioners, foster carers, adoptive parents and all those seeking to ensure that children in need of family care get the very best experience possible and that foster carers and adoptive parents get the support they need and deserve.