Trauma, Attachment and Family Permanence: Fear Can Stop You Loving

Subtitle:: Fear Can Stop You Loving
Author:: Caroline Archer
Format:: Softcover

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Short description

Exploring the complex issues of trauma, attachment and family placement, the contributors to this volume provide a variety of complementary perspectives on practice in this area. Topics include: approaches to matching children with families; the management of contact with birth families; and more.

Long description

Exploring the complex issues of trauma, attachment and family placement, the contributors to this volume provide a variety of complementary perspectives on practice in this area. Topics covered include: approaches to matching children with families; effective management of contact with birth families; the neurobiological effects of trauma on children; and problems and developmental challenges in schools.

Product details

Editor:: Caroline Archer
Contributor:: Daniel A. Hughes
Publisher:: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN:: 9781843100218
Publication date:: January 2003
Length:: 230mm
Width:: 155mm
Thickness:: 23mm
Weight:: 509g
Edition:: New title
Pages:: 224
Illustrations:: references, index
Readership:: General; Tertiary education; Professional & scholarly

Foreword. Daniel A. Hughes. Introduction: A Tapestry of Colours. Caroline Archer, Family Futures Consortium, London Part 1. State of Play: Current Theory and Practice. 1. Adoption and Permanence Today: A Discussion. Adrian Briggs, Family Futures Consortium, London. 2. The 'Coherent Narrative': Realism, Resources and Responsibility in Family Permanence. Elsie Price. 3. Setting up the Loom: Attachment Theory Revisited. Alan Burnell, Family Futures Consortium, London with Caroline Archer. 4. Weft and Warp: Developmental Impact of Trauma and Implications for Healing. Caroline Archer. 5. Clinical Concepts and Caregiving Contexts: A Consultant's Perspective. Jeanne Magagna, Principal Child Psychotherapist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, London. 6. 'A Hard Day's Night': A Parent's Perspective. Lucy Greenmile. Part 2: State of the Art: Theory into Practice. Jenny and Marty's Story Jay Vaughan, Family Futures Consortium, London. 7. Assessment: A Multi-disciplinary Approach. Alan Burnell. 8. Rationale for the Intensive Programme. Jay Vaughan and Alan Burnell. 9. The Drama of Adoption Jay Vaughan. 10. The Drama Unfolds. Jay Vaughan. 11. Contact as Therapy. Alan Burnell. 12. Holding the Fort. Christine Gordon, Family Futures Consortium, London. 13. Hands on Help. Christine Gordon. 14. Difficulty with Learning or Learning to be Difficult? Griselda Kellie-Smith, Family Futures Consortium, London. Part 3: State, Community and Family: The Future. 15. Weaving Together the Threads: Families with Futures. Caroline Archer. References. Index.