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- How do you know if your child has attachment problems? A primer of
attachment issues for parents can be found at Attachment Disorder Support Group The site
also includes frequently asked questions about attachment and childhood
symptoms of attachment problems.
- ATTACh
- is a group of parents and professionals interested in promoting education
regarding attachment and bonding issues. They are an international coalition
of people committed to attachment issues. Greg Keck, attachment therapist who
wrote Adopting the Hurt Child (a must-read book for potential adoptive
parents of older children), is president of this organization.
http://www.attach.org/
- Dan Hughes, Ph.D.
- of Waterville, ME is an attachment therapist extraordinaire. He does
training for attachment therapy in addition to psychotherapy. Email him at:
dhughes@pivot.net. To read an excerpt
from his chapter, Parenting a Poorly Attached Child, in the upcoming book,
International Adoption: Challenges and Opportunities, edited by Lois
Hannon and Thais Tepper (available in July, 1998 via http://www.pnpic.org), Click Here.
- A Brief Overview of Bowlby's Attachment Theory
- Bowlby, the father of attachment theory, is discussed along with
attachment from an evolutionary point of view.
http://attachment.edu.ar/outline.html
- Theraplay
- is a wonderful way to promote attachment with your newly adopted child. It
is a short-term, therapist-directed, play therapy for children and their
parents. Theraplay is designed to enhance attachment, raise self-esteem,
improve trust in others and create joyful engagement.
Further, it is based on the natural patterns of healthy interaction between
parent and child, and is personal, physical and fun. There are scientific
studies to support its use. To visit the Theraplay website, go to:
http://www.theraplay.org/
To participate in a study being conducted in Chicago using Theraplay to
promote attachment in internationally adopted children, write to Margot Mahan
at Mayhem999@aol.com.
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