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Separation anxiety disorder (SAD) is an anxiety disorder in which an individual experiences excessive anxiety regarding separation from home and/or from people to whom the individual has a strong emotional attachment (e.g., a parent, caregiver, significant other, or siblings). Separation anxiety is a natural part of the developmental process.
Co-regulation, especially for kids with autism. Lily Burns, in Connecticut, co-sleeps with her 9-year-old son, who has autism. “I think to kick him out would feel really jarring and alienating ...
Coping Cat is a "well supported" intervention for treating separation anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder. [6] Based on the numerous rigorous research evaluations, the program has met the criteria for an "empirically supported treatment". [7]
Separation anxiety disorder; Cognitive behavioral therapy is often used to treat separation anxiety disorder. Family therapy may also be helpful to get to the core of the issue. Systemic desensitization techniques are usually used to help the child get used to being comfortable away from home. Selective mutism
Separation refers to the development of limits, the differentiation between the infant and the mother, whereas individuation refers to the development of the infant's ego, sense of identity, and cognitive abilities. Mahler explains how a child with the age of a few months breaks out of an "autistic shell" into the world with human connections.
Autism and Asperger Syndrome in Childhood: For parents and carers of the newly diagnosed. John Murray Press. ISBN 978-1-84709-493-3. Beardon, Luke (2020). Avoiding Anxiety in Autistic Children: A Guide for Autistic Wellbeing. John Murray Press. ISBN 978-1-5293-9477-1. Beardon, Luke (2021). Autism in Adults. Sheldon Press. ISBN 978-1-5293-7541-1.
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.
Most recently, Daniel Schechter and Erica Willheim have shown a relationship between some maternal violence-related posttraumatic stress disorder and secure base distortion (see above) which is characterized by child recklessness, separation anxiety, hypervigilance, and role-reversal. [102]