A Practical Guide to Using Attachment Theory and Research with Children and Young People
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-84310-100-0 (ISBN)
Description
The assessment of attachment in children and young people involves high stakes. It can have a profound impact on the lives of children and their carers, and inexperienced practitioners are commonly expected to have a comprehensive understanding of this complex subject.This practical guide provides an introduction to the theory underpinning attachment and the range of procedures that can be used by health and social care practitioners to assess attachment in children and young people. It outlines how seemingly abstract ideas can be translated into practice and presents a range of particular applied assessment procedures such as doll play, child observation and interviews, as well as models of intervention.This book is an accessible reference for those working with children and young people, including health and social care practitioners, child psychiatrists, psychologists and counsellors, social workers, biological, adoptive and foster parents and students in this field.It is intended for health and social care practitioners, child psychiatrists, psychologists and counsellors, social workers.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84310-100-0 (9781843101000)
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Steve Farnfield, PhD, MPhil, CQSW, is also a BAPT fully accredited play therapist and is a licensed trainer for Crittenden's Care-Index. He is a Lecturer in Social Work at the School of Health and Social Care, University of Reading, UK.
Content
Introduction; Part 1: Underpinning Theory and Ideas; 1. Introduction; 2. The Savannah Thesis; 3. Attachment: Some Useful Concepts and Constructs; 4. Crittenden's Dynamic Maturational Model of Attachment; 5. The Question of Disorganisation; 6. Neuroscience, Information Processing and Memory; 7. Attachment and Object Relations Theory; 8. The Care Giving Environment; Part 2: Assessment Procedures; 9. Observation; 10. Play, Exploration and Narrative Development; 11. Pre-School Assessments: Play, Doll Play and Narrative Stems: Assessments for Pre-School Children; 12. School Year Assessments; 13. Interviews; 14. Loss, Trauma and Depression; 15. Disability and Attachment; 16. The Impact of Culture on Attachment; Part 3: Interventions; 17. Child or Parent Based Therapies and Interventions?; 18. Interventions for Looked After Children; References; Subject index; Author index.