The Essential Link: Attachment Information For Adoptive Parents - Softcover

Ward, Susan M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1440410844 ISBN 13: 9781440410840

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2008

Synopsis

Adoptive and foster parents will learn about attachment, attachment issues, and RAD (reactive attachment disorder) from this book. "The Essential Link" provides practical information and clear explanations about attachment and bonding between adoptive parents and their new child. It answers questions about what attachment is and how it might be compromised in children who were adopted. Provides practical tips for ways to improve the attachment and connection between parents and adopted children. Short, easy-to-read summary of RAD (reactive attachment disorder), attachment, and bonding within adoptive families. Adoption agencies should make this required reading for all adoptive families. (Some agencies already do this, but ALL adoption and social service organizations should give it to their clients.) Read this and be more informed about a critical adoption topic.

About this title

About the Author

Susan Ward, LPC, MA, MS, NCC, from Asheville, North Carolina, is a therapist working with adoptive families whose children struggle with trauma and attachment issues. She's been a foster parent, therapeutic tutor, and an adoptive parent. She has worked with children from across the country who were diagnosed with developmental trauma disorder, PTSD, and reactive attachment disorder (RAD). Many of these children had other diagnoses including autism, bipolar, anxiety, learning disabilities, and more.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1440410844
• ISBN 13: 9781440410840
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 58