Severe Attachment Disorder in Childhood: A Guide to Practical Therapy / Edition 1

by Niels P. Rygaard

Overview

everyday examples are used to illustrate symptoms, theory and practice. If I have succeeded, the contents should not be difficult to understand, whereas working with the AD child in practice is a constant challenge to your convictions and responsibility. It is a guide trying to answer some of the common questions puzzling people working with children and juveniles suffering from Attachment Disorder: – Why is there an increasing number of AD children? – What are the causes of an AD development in children? – How does AD show in behavior and personality? – How do you practice treatment or therapy at different devel- ment stages during childhood? – What can you do to prevent an AD development, or to reduce the symptoms and consequences? – What happens to people, groups and organizations working with these children? – How do you develop and maintain your therapeutic attitude and the structure of treatment? First, let me give you a short introduction to the problem of AD in general. What is “attachment”? In brief, the theory of attachment was developed from 1950 and onwards by John Bowlby (1969, 1973, 1988). Bowlby suggested early attachment (0–3 years) as an inborn behavior program in primates and especially humans. Bowlby’s main idea was that the attachment behavioral system had evolved to increase the likelihood of the infant’s protection and survival.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783211297056
Publisher:	Springer Vienna
Publication date:	08/08/2006
Edition description:	2006
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Rygaard, Niels Peter/ Clinical Psychologist, specialist approved by DPA (the Danish Psychologist Association)/Private practitioner, m.o. The International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (ISSPD)

Table of Contents

General Introduction.- General Introduction.- A.D. Development from Conception to Adulthood.- Causes and Symptoms.- Stages in Self-Organization.- Contact Disruption Before Age 2 — Symptoms of Physical Instability.- Contact Disruption and Nervous System Development.- Abnormal Sensory-Motor Development in the Toddler.- Arrested Emotional Personality Development.- Therapy.- How Can You Practice Milieu Therapy?.- Milieu Therapy During Pregnancy, Birth to Age 3.- Transient Bonding Problems and Attachment Disorder in Adopted Children.- Milieu Therapy for the Preschool Child.- Milieu Therapy for the School Age Child.- The Attachment Disordered Child in the Classroom.- Daily Life in the Family, the Foster Family or the Institution.- Milieu Therapy for the Juvenile.- Attachment Disorder, Sexual Behavior Problems and Sexual Abuse.- Guidelines for Organizing the Therapeutic Milieu.- The Personal Development of the AD Caretaker.- Developing the Professional AD Team.- Methods for the AD Teamwork.