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Four different attachment classifications have been identified in children: secure attachment, anxious-ambivalent attachment, anxious-avoidant attachment, and disorganized attachment. Attachment theory has become the dominant theory used today in the study of infant and toddler behavior and in the fields of infant mental health, treatment of ...
Attachment disorder is a broad term intended to describe disorders of mood, behavior, and social relationships arising from unavailability of normal socializing care and attention from primary caregiving figures in early childhood.
ICD-10 describes reactive attachment disorder of childhood, known as RAD, and disinhibited attachment disorder, less well known as DAD. DSM-IV-TR also describes reactive attachment disorder of infancy or early childhood divided into two subtypes, inhibited type and disinhibited type, both known as RAD.
This study was an attempt to solidify the current research that Reactive Attachment Disorder and Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder are separate dimensions of psychology. In this study a sample of school aged foster children were tested and their foster parents, and social workers completed questionnaires to better understand the children ...
Studies have shown that ABC improves child attachment quality, [56] increases caregiver sensitivity to child's behavioral signals, [57] and boosts children's executive functioning. [ 58 ] ABC intervention was originally developed by Dr. Mary Dozier at the University of Delaware for caregivers of infants ages 6–24 months (ABC-Infant), and has ...
The dynamic-maturational model of attachment and adaptation (DMM) is a biopsychosocial model describing the effect attachment relationships can have on human development and functioning. It is especially focused on the effects of relationships between children and parents and between reproductive couples.
As the child senses both, the child begins to integrate them and re-experience the event in a way that will facilitate its integration and resolution." [4] In the anticipated frequent disruptions, due to the child's traumatic and shaming experiences, the therapist accepts and works with these and then 'repairs' the relationship.
Attachment Play is a term created by developmental psychologist, Aletha Solter and the title of one of her books. [1] It is one aspect of her Aware Parenting approach. The term refers to nine specific kinds of parent/child play that can strengthen attachment, solve behavior problems, and help children recover from traumatic experiences.