Practical Guide to Caring for Children and Teenagers with At - 9781849050814

Taylor, a practitioner and manager working with vulnerable and traumatized children, draws from a series of training courses he conducted with residential workers, foster carers, social workers, therapists, and managers to present a guide for these caregivers and parents to helping vulnerable and traumatized children and young people who suffer from attachment difficulties and how attachment influences various aspects of their development. He explains attachment theory and what attachment is, what different patterns of attachment look like, how this understanding can inform the development of therapeutic ways of caring, and how to promote recovery and tackle challenging and problem behavior, conflict, anger, and the effects of trauma. He focuses on therapeutic skills of caregivers in daily experiences instead of individual or group therapy sessions. He does not cover self-harming behavior, sexualized behavior, or other mental health problems. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)