Fostering Changes: Myth, Meaning And Magic Bullets in Attachment Theory

"Fostering Changes outlines a way for helping professionals to consult with and teach foster and adoptive parents to better understand and help their children."--Fostering Changes

Foster, kinship, and adopted children often experience neglect, abuse, malnutrition, or other trauma before being placed in foster/adoptive care. Consequential emotional disruptions often present problematic acting out behavior that can cause caregivers to question if and how the children receive optimal treatment in their homes. Drawing on attachment theory and research, Fostering Changes addresses these concerns through focus on understanding children from troubled environments and helping them feel secure and valuable so they accept parents as partners and caregivers.

The author also addresses the diagnosis or misdiagnosis of Reactive Attachment Disorder, a condition linked to early maltreatment, abandonment, and sexual exploitation. Fostering Changes aids caregivers and treatment providers in understanding and reducing problem behavior by promoting the expression of needs and emotions to enhance the child's well being and encourage positive interaction with parents.