Billy Pughe and Terry Philpot ; foreword by Mary Walsh.
Philadelphia :
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
2007.
1 online resource (144 pages).
Delivering recovery
Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-135) and indexes.
A deep wound: abuse and its effects on traumatized children -- Mind, body and soul: attachment, the brain, trauma and abuse -- Another kind of parent: what is therapeutic parenting? -- The adult's world: consultancy and supervision -- A place for us: creating a therapeutic environment -- The new arrival: the process of admission -- Food for thought -- Someone to be there: the role of the key carer -- A chance to grow: meeting a child's developmental needs -- The means to recovery -- A new beginning.
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This book asserts that a good understanding of child development and attachment theory is essential to effective therapeutic parenting of a traumatized child, it details the roots of trauma as well as the impact this has on a child's ability to maintain normal family bonds, whether with birth or foster parents, or staff in a residential setting.