As a result, children
develop multiple attachment relationships, often with other caregivers beside their mothers.
Not exact matches
Therefore, it is easy to see how an abandoned child who is raised in an orphanage or
multiple foster homes during the first few months or years of life may
develop Reactive
Attachment Disorder (RAD) and Complex Trauma.
In addition, a host of environmental factors, such as chaotic living conditions, may interfere with the
developing attachment relationship, particularly when intervening with families from high - risk populations who face
multiple personal and environmental challenges.
Children's development of the cognitive and social skills needed for later success in school may be best supported by a parenting style known as responsive parenting.1 Responsiveness is an aspect of supportive parenting described across different theories and research frameworks (e.g.
attachment, socio - cultural) as playing an important role in providing a strong foundation for children to
develop optimally.2 - 4 Parenting that provides positive affection and high levels of warmth and is responsive in ways that are contingently linked to a young child's signals («contingent responsiveness») are the affective - emotional aspects of a responsive style.5 These aspects, in combination with behaviours that are cognitively responsive to the child's needs, including the provision of rich verbal input and maintaining and expanding on the child's interests, provide the range of support necessary for
multiple aspects of a child's learning.6
Whilst the study of
attachment was initially centred on the mother — child bond (Bowlby 1979), it was later
developed to include the concept of
multiple attachments, such as with the father, kin and day carers (Rutter et al. 2007; Santelices and Pérez 2013).