Child Psychology, Adoption, Pediatrics, Child, Specialty Boutique, Adolescent Psychology, Development, Psychology 

This book offers a thorough and discussion of the evidence on attachment, its influence on development , and attachment disorders.
In part one the authors outline theory, the influence of sensitive and insensitive caregiving and the applicability of attachment used to assess attachment security on the child’s functioning. Part four examines the poorly understood phenomenon attachment disorder. Presenting the evidence of scientific research, the authors reveal how attachment disorders may be properly conceptualized and argue for the evidence base. The final part is an overview of evidence- based interventions designed to help individuals form secure attachments.
Summarizing the existing knowledge base in accessible language, this is a comprehensive reference book for professionals including social workers, psychologist, teachers, lawyers and researchers. Foster and adoptive parents, indeed all parents, and students will also find it of interst.


Chapters Include:
Attachment and Caregiving
Assessments of Attachment and Caregiving
Correlates of Attachment Organization with Functioning
What is Attachment Disorder?
Attachment Theory- based Interventions (and Some that are Not)