Assessing Disorganized Attachment Behaviour in Children: An Evidence-Based Model for Understanding and Supporting Families

by David Shemmings

David Wilkins, Mel Hamilton-Perry, Alice Cook, Claire Denham, Michelle Thompson, Henry Smith, Fran Feeley, Yvalia Febrer, Tania Young, David Phillips, Sonja Falck, and Jo George

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Assessing Disorganized Attachment Behaviour in Children lays out an evidence-based model for working with and assessing children with disorganized attachment and their adult carers: families whose extreme, erratic and disturbing behaviour can make them perplexing and frustrating to work with.

The model is designed to identify key indicators and explanatory mechanisms of child maltreatment: disorganized attachment in the child, a parent's unresolved loss or trauma, disconnected and extremely insensitive parenting, and low parental mentalisation. The book also outlines ways of assessing children for disorganized attachment and carer capacity, and proposes interventions.

Accessible and practical, this book is essential reading for child protection professionals.

  • ISBN10 0857006630
  • ISBN13 9780857006639
  • Publish Date 21 March 2014
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Jessica Kingsley Publishers
  • Edition Digital original
  • Format eBook (EPUB)
  • Pages 240
  • Language English