David Shemmings, Yvonne Shemmings
Assessing Disorganized Attachment Behaviour in Children lays out an evidence-based model for working with and assessing children with disorganised 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: disorganised 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 disorganised attachment and carer capacity, and proposes interventions. Accessible and practical, this book is essential reading for child protection professionals.
Introduction. David and Yvonne Shemmings.
THE EXPLANATORY MECHANISMS OFABUSIVE OR NEGLECTFUL CAREGIVING.
UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN'S DISORGANISED ATTACHMENT.
RELATED TOPICS.