
Teenagers and Attachment
Helping Adolescents Engage with Life and Learning
Andrea Perry(Editor)
Worth Publishing
Published on 29. March 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-903269-13-8 (ISBN)
Description
When children from insecure backgrounds become adolescents, the challenges they experience themselves and present for those around them can get a lot harder to sort out, before the teenager can fully integrate into society. These adolescents can quickly acquire 'bad kid' or 'anti-social' labels. They may form attachments by joining gangs, but in doing so, further alienate themselves from other more constructive options on offer.The contributors to this much needed book have all worked successfully on the front line with teenagers whose ability to make healthy relationships, or to find learning exciting or even possible, has been severely compromised by their past experiences of trauma, neglect and abuse. Each expert practitioner offers practical strategies, underpinned by attachment theory and their own extensive experience, to enable teachers, psychologists, therapists and social workers to reach out to young people in new ways, establishing genuine connection and real possibilities for learning and hope.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 172 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
460 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-903269-13-8 (9781903269138)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Teenager issues covered include: attachment issues, working one to one, refugees and unaccompanied minors, strategies for school learning that go beyond behaviour management, extreme attachment difficulties, alienation and gang culture, the power of working with creative and artistic materials, transition and sudden changes in school life, handling the transition from school to adulthood.