Enhancing Early Attachments: Theory, Research, Intervention, and Policy

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Lisa J. Berlin
Guilford Press, 2007 M01 9 - 357 páginas
Synthesizing the latest theory, research, and practices related to supporting early attachments, this volume provides a unique window into the major treatment and prevention approaches available today. Chapters address the theoretical and empirical bases of attachment interventions; explore the effects of attachment-related trauma and how they can be ameliorated; and describe a range of exemplary programs operating at the individual, family, and community levels. Throughout, expert authors consider cross-cutting issues such as the core components of effective services and appropriate outcome measures for attachment interventions. Also discussed are policy implications, including how programs to enhance early child - caregiver relationships fit into broader health, social service, and early education systems.

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The State of the Field Today
3
Implications for Early Intervention and Intervention Research
34
Implications for Attachment Theory and Research
61
Lessons from Animal Models and Child Abuse Research
79
Using a Dual Lens in the Assessment and Treatment of Infants Toddlers and Preschoolers
100
Practice and Policy
125
Differential Diagnosis and Differential Treatment
127
Enhancing Parental Reflective Functioning in a NursingMental Health Home Visiting Program
152
Foundations in Attachment Theory and Epidemiology
217
Can Programs Emphasizing Family Support Improve Rates of Secure InfantMother Attachments in LowIncome Families?
250
Tried True and NotTrue Strategies for Increasing Policy Support for Programs to Enhance Early Attachment
276
PART IIICOMMENTARIES
295
From the Dodo Bird Verdict to EvidenceBased Interventions on Sensitivity and Early Attachments
297
2Models versus Metaphors in Translating Attachment Theory to the Clinic and Community
313
Synthesis and Recommendations for Research Practice and Policy
327
Index
345

An Intervention Targeting Empirically Identified Needs of Foster Infants
178
CHAPTER 9Building Attachment Relationships Following Maltreatment and Severe Deprivation
195

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Lisa J. Berlin, PhD, is a Research Scientist at the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University. Her work focuses on early development and programs and policies for young children and their families; she is especially concerned with child abuse prevention. Currently she is directing two studies, with funding from the National Institute of Mental Health, addressing the intergenerational transmission of problematic parenting.

Yair Ziv, PhD, is a Senior Study Director at Westat. He has conducted research on attachment-based early intervention and on parent-child relationships in infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Dr. Ziv's research program focuses on cognitive models of self and others and the mechanisms through which these models guide social perception, information processing, and behavior in close relationships.

Lisa Amaya-Jackson, MD, MPH, is Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical Center. She is Associate Director at the UCLA-Duke National Center for Child Traumatic Stress and Co-Director of Research and Training at the Center for Child and Family Health in North Carolina. Dr. Amaya-Jackson is a clinician-researcher known for her research in the assessment and treatment of children exposed to traumatic life events and her expertise in implementing evidence-based treatment for child trauma in community settings.

Mark T. Greenberg, PhD, holds the Bennett Endowed Chair in Prevention Research at Pennsylvania State University's College of Health and Human Development. He is also the director of the Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development. Since 1981, Dr. Greenberg has been examining the effectiveness of school-based curricula (the PATHS Curriculum) to improve the social, emotional, and cognitive competence of elementary-age children.

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