Objective: Maltreatment, family violence, and
disruption in primary
caregiver attachment in childhood may constitute a developmental form of trauma that places children at risk for
multiple psychiatric and medical diagnoses that often are refractory to well - established evidence - based mental health treatments.
Can Be Used with Other Evidence - Supported Treatment Models to Engage Children and
Caregivers Who Have Experienced
Multiple Traumas, Family Violence, and
Disruption of Children's Attachments