Sentences with phrase «child attachment story»

The present study investigated concordance between representations of attachment to mother and attachment to father, and convergence between two narrative - based methods addressing these representations in middle childhood: the Manchester Child Attachment Story Task (MCAST) and the Secure Base Script Test (SBST).

Among methods employing story completion, the well - validated Manchester Child Attachment Story Task (MCAST: Goldwyn et al. 2000; Green et al. 2000) explores attachment representations in 5 - to 7 - year - old children, providing both an attachment classification and continuous scores on qualities such as engagement and arousal of the child during participation in the task, attachment - related and caregiving behaviors, narrative coherence, and disorganization.

The Manchester Child Attachment Story Task: Relationship with parental AAI, SAT and child behaviour.

Assessing disorganized attachment representations: a systematic psychometric review and meta - analysis of the Manchester Child Attachment Story Task.

Not exact matches

Follow along to learn more about this year's theme, and enjoy parent stories, API support group events, daily tips, the photo gallery, the AP Month Auction (Oct 18 - 31), and much more on the importance of early secure attachment for our children, families, and society.

This is the story of how young children develop, from their intense need for attachment and the vital importance of play to discipline that preserves growth.

This volume has some wonderful stories and informative articles when it comes to extending your attachment to older children.

It's so important to find like - minded parents who can offer their «been there, done that» stories, emotional scaffolding, and specific suggestions for when you feel confused as to what to do about your child's behavior, or when you question whether this new thing you're trying, like positive discipline instead of spanking, for example, is going to work out in the long term, or how exactly to keep those family attachment bonds strong as your children grow, or how to move forward when your family encounters challenging life circumstances.

Denise B. Lacher wrote a terrific book on the subject: Connecting with Kids Through Stories: Using Narratives to Facilitate Attachment in Adopted Children ``

We welcome your stories of Attachment Parenting in your family, including the benefits and challenges in your children's sibling relationships.

When my children grew past the years of breastfeeding and needing to be attached to me through physical closeness, I learned that I was only at the beginning of the attachment story.

Drawing on stunning new findings in neurobiology and attachment research, they explain how interpersonal relationships directly impact the development of the brain, and offer parents a step - by - step approach to forming a deeper understanding of their own life stories, which will help them raise compassionate and resilient children.

Attachment Parenting International shared this touching story from Astrid Lindgren, author of Pippi Longstocking and children's rights activist ~

July 18, 2011 Categories: attachment parenting, children's books, Christian parenting, cosleeping, food, gentle discipline, gentle parenting, natural parenting, parenting guide, positive discipline Tags: attachment parenting, bedtime stories, children's books, Christian children's books, Christian parenting, cosleeping, discipline, gentle discipline, gentle parenting, positive parenting 4 Comments»

Learn more about secure and insecure attachment, read touching personal stories of how Attachment Parenting helped families, and share your copy with a grandparent, mother's helper, childcare provider, teacher, or another of your child's cattachment, read touching personal stories of how Attachment Parenting helped families, and share your copy with a grandparent, mother's helper, childcare provider, teacher, or another of your child's cAttachment Parenting helped families, and share your copy with a grandparent, mother's helper, childcare provider, teacher, or another of your child's caregivers.

Connection Parenting brings together all the knowledge and experience of a woman who not only promoted attachment - promoting interactions between parents and children in her community but who saw success in her own home... not unlike so many attached parents who share their stories on API Speaks, in The Attached Family, and on the API Forum.

The story discusses Sears» support of attachment parenting, a controversial approach to child development that promotes practices such as baby wearing (carrying a baby close in a slinglike cloth carrier), co-sleeping and extended breast - feeding.

Attachment Parenting International (API) thanks Praeclarus Press for giving permission to reprint this except from To Three and Beyond: Stories of Breastfeeding Children and the Mothers Who Love Them, edited by Janell E. Robisch, published by Praeclarus Press, www.PraeclarusPress.com.

This documentary tells the story of a six year old girl, Beth Thomas, labeled as «The Child Of Rage,» tells her story of healing from Reactive Attachment Disorder as a result of being sexually abused.

To learn more about Shelli's inspirational personal story and neurofeedback at the Institute for Attachment and Child Development specifically, please click here.

Using a story stem interview to assess attachment and children's reports of anxiety symptoms, we found some support for these hypotheses in a sample of 10 — 12 years olds.

Mother — and father — child attachment themes in the story completions of pre-schoolers from post-divorce families: Do they predict relationships with peers and teachers?

This is the story of how young children develop, from their intense need for attachment and the vital importance of play to discipline that preserves growth.

AAI, Adult Attachment Interview; AFFEX, System for Identifying Affect Expression by Holistic Judgement; AIM, Affect Intensity Measure; AMBIANCE, Atypical Maternal Behaviour Instrument for Assessment and Classification; ASCT, Attachment Story Completion Task; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; BEST, Borderline Evaluation of Severity over Time; BPD, borderline personality disorder; BPVS - II, British Picture Vocabulary Scale II; CASQ, Children's Attributional Style Questionnaire; CBCL, Child Behaviour Checklist; CDAS - R, Children's Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale - Revised; CDEQ, Children's Depressive Experiences Questionnaire; CDIB, Child Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines; CGAS, Child Global Assessment Schedule; CRSQ, Children's Response Style Questionnaire; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; DASS, Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scales; DERS, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale; DIB - R, Revised Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines; DSM, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; EA, Emotional Availability Scales; ECRS, Experiences in Close Relationships Scale; EMBU, Swedish acronym for Own Memories Concerning Upbringing; EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; FES, Family Environment Scale; FSS, Family Satisfaction Scale; FTRI, Family Trauma and Resilience Interview; IBQ - R, Infant Behaviour Questionnaire, Revised; IPPA, Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment; K - SADS, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School - Age Children; KSADS - E, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia - Episodic Version; MMD, major depressive disorder; PACOTIS, Parental Cognitions and Conduct Toward the Infant Scale; PPQ, Perceived Parenting Quality Questionnaire; PD, personality disorder; PPVT - III, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Third Edition; PSI - SF, Parenting Stress Index Short Form; RSSC, Reassurance - Seeking Scale for Children; SCID - II, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM - IV; SCL -90-R, Symptom Checklist 90 Revised; SCQ, Social Communication Questionnaire; SEQ, Children's Self - Esteem Questionnaire; SIDP - IV, Structured Interview for DSM - IV Personality; SPPA, Self - Perception Profile for Adolescents; SSAGA, Semi-Structured Assessment for the Genetics of Alcoholism; TCI, Temperament and Character Inventory; YCS, Youth Chronic Stress Interview; YSR, Youth Self - Report.

The more we share these stories, the stronger we advocate for children with reactive attachment disorder and their families.

Producer / writer Jane Ryan of The Boarder tells her own story of adopting children with reactive attachment disorder.

Ken and Tina VanDyne share their story about Tina's role as a stepmom, their son's misdiagnosis of ADHD, and how they ultimately became therapeutic treatment parents at the Institute for Attachment and Child Development.

Follow along to learn more about this year's theme, and enjoy parent stories, API support group events, daily tips, the photo gallery, the AP Month Auction (Oct 18 - 31), and much more on the importance of early secure attachment for our children, families, and society.

Drawing upon research findings in neurobiology and attachment research, Siegel and Hartzell explain how interpersonal relationships directly impact the development of the brain and offers parents a step - by - step approach to forming a deeper understanding of their own life stories, which will help them raise compassionate and resilient children.

Drawing upon research findings in neurobiology and attachment research, Siegel and Hartzell explain how interpersonal relationships directly impact the development of the brain, and offer parents a step - by - step approach to forming a deeper understanding of their own life stories, which will help them raise compassionate and resilient children.

For example, if the child or youth has an attachment disorder, the story might explore how with the help of a competent attachment therapist the family has been able to help the child better bond with the family, leading toward a brighter future.

Nichols, M. (September 2008) «Stories that Heal: Treating Children and Adolescents Who Experienced Early Childhood Maltreatment Using Family Attachment Narrative Therapy,» Catholic Charities Conference in Wisconsin.

Listen to the video above as they share their story of Tina as a stepmom, their journey through misdiagnoses with their son, and how they ultimately found the Institute for Attachment and Child Development and then became treatment parents for us.

Jan Barber, therapeutic treatment mom at the Institute for Attachment & Child Development: Many of the families Tom and I have worked with over the years have similar stories to the ones told in the film.

Every parent's story of raising a child with developmental trauma (a.k.a. reactive attachment disorder) is slightly different.

Dr. Yildiz says, «When reviewing the stories of these children, I come across issues related to problematic attachment patterns.

At Hand in Hand, we recognize that parents» unresolved emotional experiences have a huge impact on their interactions with their children, however, even parents who have had very difficult childhoods can offer their children a very secure attachment if they can talk about their life story and be listened to.

When authority figures interview children alone to collect information, children with reactive attachment disorder can view such situations as means for power and may create stories to get parents in trouble.

FINALLY we have some solid evidence and stories to back up what many of us have known for years about Attachment Parenting and staying close to our children.

The story provides such great examples of what not to do and what to do to help children with attachment issues.

Louise's Story Louise urges adoptive parents to inform their children's schools about attachment issues Read More

Children's symbolic, artistic, and story - based mental representations of their early attachment experiences continue at six years of age to reflect the earlier attachment classifications, exhibiting some continuity across the years of infancy, toddlerhood, and early childhood.26 The earlier category, usually assigned between one and two years of age, continues to predict a child's well - being on a number of counts.

Real life stories of adoption, foster care, Christian parenting, and raising children with mental health disabilities, trauma, attachment issues, or RAD (Reactive Attachment attachment issues, or RAD (Reactive Attachment Attachment Disorder).

The workbook utilizes creative arts and life story work to engage children and caring adults in trauma informed care intervention and attachment - centered therapy and to rebuild (or build) positive, enduring relationships between hurt (and often hurting) children and adults committed to guiding children into adulthood.

The main premise of story completion tasks is that children actualize in their narratives their internal representations of attachment relationships, expressed as relational themes, defences, and coping strategies (Bretherton et al. 1990; Cassidy 1988; Psouni and Apetroaia 2014).

Yet, the few studies that included a father character in story stems have focused on adoptive families (Barone and Lionetti 2011), single parent (Bernier and Miljkovitch 2009; Miljkovitch et al. 2012), and post-divorce families (Page and Bretherton 2001), while only one study concerned attachment representations to mother and father, respectively, in children living with two parents (Portu - Zapirain 2013).

The authors suggest narrative story stems, playful tasks that activate the child's attachment representations, to assess for dissociation in maltreated children.

It assesses children's scripted knowledge of secure base by asking them to create stories with the help of four word prompt outlines that elicit attachment - related situations, two involving secure base interactions with parents (Math Test and Accident) and two interactions with a best friend (Troubles at school and Moves away).

Recent findings that father unavailability may impact on the child's attachment security through influences on the mother's ability to provide sensitive caregiving to the child (Booth - LaForce et al. 2014) point to influences also in the opposite direction.The convergence of scripted knowledge of attachment security found is consistent with other studies assessing attachment through story completion tasks concurrently (Bretherton et al. 1990; Cassidy 1988; Psouni and Apetroaia 2014) and over time (Ammaniti et al. 2005; König et al. 2007).

The MCAST is a semi-projective story completion task developed to elicit children's narrative with respect to four attachment - related themes: nightmare, hurt knee, tummy ache, and child gets lost in shopping center.