Resources
Understanding Attachment Difficulties
Attachment Disorders
Links:
www.olderchildadoption.com
www.familyattachment.com
www.attach.org
www.attach-china.org
www.infant-parent.com
www.attachmentdisorder.net
adsg.syix.com
www.diannecraft.com
www.pactadopt.org
www.connectionresources.com
www.comeunity.com
www.rainbowkids.com
www.attachmentresources.com
Books:
Adopting The Hurt Child, Gregory Keck & Regina Kupecky, (1995).
Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents, Deborah D. Gray, (2002).
Becoming a Family, Lark Eshleman, (2003).
Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening love in Deeply Troubled Children, Daniel
Hughes, (2006).
First Steps in Parenting the Child Who Hurts: Tiddlers & Toddlers, Caroline Archer, (1999).
Fostering Changes: Myth, Meaning and Magic bullets in Attachment Theory. Rick
Delaney, (2006).
Ghosts From The Nursery: Tracing The Roots of Violence, Robin Karr-Morris & Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, (1997).
Next Steps in Parenting the Child Who Hurts: Tykes & Teens, Caroline Archer, (2005).
Parenting The Hurt Child, Gregory Keck & Regina Kupecky, (2000).
Welcome Home, Christopher Alexander, (2005).
Books – Primarily for Professionals:
A Child’s Journey through Placement, Fahlberg, (1992).
Attachment-focused Family Therapy, Daniel Hughes, (2007).
Creating Capacity for Attachment, Arthur Becker-Weidman, (2005).
Facilitating Developmental Attachment, Daniel A. Hughes, (1997).
Handbook for Treatment of Attachment-Trauma Problems in Children, Beverly James, (1994).
Nurturing Adoptions: Creating Resilience after Neglect and Trauma, Deborah Gray, (2007).
Treating Traumatized Children, Beverly James, (1989).
Adoption
Links:
www.childwelfare.gov
www.kinshipcenter.org
www.nacac.org
Books:
See books under “Attachment Disorders”
Children’s books:
How it feels to be Adopted, Jill Krementz, (1982).
Twice Upon-a-Time: Born and Adopted, Eleanora Patterson, (1987).
I Love You, Stinky Face, Lisa McCourt, (1997).
The Kissing Hand, Audrey Penn, (1993).
A Terrible Thing Happened, Margaret M. Holmes, (2000).
The Runaway Bunny, Margaret Wise Brown, (1972).
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Judith Viorst (1972).
The Bean Seed, Judith Bush & Robert Spottswood, (2005).
The Secret Inside your Head to a Happier Life, Deborah Hage,(2006).
So You Want to be a Princess, Deborah Hage, (2001).
So You Want to be a Prince, Deborah Hage, (2001).
I Love You the Purplest, Barbara M. Joosse, (1996).
Little Bunnies Say Goodbye to Birth Mom, Sherri Malloy, (2005).
You are my I Love You, Maryann K. Cusimano, (2001).
The Loveables: in the Kingdom of Self-esteem, Diane Loomans, (1991).
Zachary’s New Home, Blomquist & Blomquist, (2001).
Tell Me Again About the Night I was Born, Jamie Lee Curtis, (1996).
The Mulberry Bird, Brodzinsky, (1996).
Children’s books - International Adoption:
Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale, Karen Katz, (1997),
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes, Rose Lewis, (2000),
We see the Moon, Kitze, (2003).
Post-Institutionalized Adoption
Links:
www.comeunity.com/disability/sensory_integration/adoptionSI.html
www.drfederici.com
www.attach-china.org
www.frua.org
www.med.umn.edu/peds/iac/
Books:
See books under “Attachment Disorders”
Risk and Promise: A Handbook for Parents Adopting a Child from Overseas, Chasnoff,
Schwarz, Pratt & Neuberger, (2006).
Infertility & Adoptions
Link:
www.perspectivespress.com
Understanding the Brain
Links:
www.drdansiegel.com
www.amenclinic.com
www.zerotothree.org/brainwonders
www.developingchild.net
Books:
What’s Going on in There: How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of
Life, Lise Eliot, (1999).
Psychological Trauma and the Developing Brain: Neurologically Based Interventions for
Troubled Children, Phyllis Stien & Joshua Kendall, (2004).
The Developing Mind: Toward a Neurobiology of Interpersonal Experience, Dan Siegel,
(1999).
The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being, Dan
Siegel, (2007).
Adult Attachment
Links:
www.attachmentdisorder.net/Adult_Attachment_Problems.htm
www.psych.uiuc.edu/~rcfraley/attachment.htm
Books:
Growing Up Again, Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children, Illsley Clarke & Dawson,
(1998).
Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-understanding Can Help You Raise
Children Who Thrive, Dan Siegel & Mary Hartzell, (2003).
For Adoptees
Links:
www.adopting.org/adoptions/resources-info-for-adopted-and-fostered-youth.html
Books:
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew, Sherrie Eldridge, (1999).
Twenty Life Transforming Choices Adoptees Need to Make, Sherrie Eldridge, (2003).
Foster Parent Support
Links:
www.nfpainc.org
www.fosteringfamiliestoday.com
Trauma
Links:
www.trauma-pages.com
www.childtraumaacademy.com
www.childtraumaacademy.org
www.istss.org
www.traumacenter.org
Gay/Lesbian Adoption
Links:
www.aclu.org (enter gay/lesbian adoption in search area)
www.proudparenting.com
Common Problems Co-existing with Attachment Difficulties
Sensory Integration
Links:
www.spdnetwork.org/about/index.html
www.ssepac.org/links/sensory_integration.htm
www.out-of-sync-child.com
www.innovative-therapies.com/sensoryintegration.htm
www.schoolbehavior.com/conditions_sensoryoverview.htm
www.sensoryresources.com
Books:
The Out of Sync Child, Carol Stock Kranowitz, (2005).
The Out of Sync Child Has Fun, Carol Stock Kranowitz, (2003).
Raising A Sensory Smart Child: The Definitive Handbook for Helping Your Child with
Sensory Integration Issues, Lindsey Biel, & Nancy Peske, (2005).
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorders
Links:
www.fascets.org
www.depts.washington.edu/fmffasd
www.ccsa.ca/ccsa/
www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/fas/default.htm
www.acbr.com/fas
www.mofas.org
www.niaaa.nih.gov
www.fascenter.samhsa.gov
www.depts.washington.edu/fadu
Books:
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: A Collection of Information for Parents and
Professionals, 2nd Ed., Diane V. Malbin, (2006).
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Trying Differently Rather Than Harder, 2nd Ed. Diane
V. Malbin, (2002).
Auditory Processing Problems
Links:
www.ncapd.org
www.homestead.com/agertner/HOMEPAGE.html
www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/auditory.asp
www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/process_deficit/living_working.html
pages.cthome.net/cbristol/capd.html
Book:
When the Brain Can’t Hear, Bellis, (2002).
Related Diagnoses
Bi-Polar Disorder
Links:
www.johnalstonmd.com/publications.html
www.bpkids.org
Books:
The Bipolar Child, Papolos, Demitri, & Papolos, (1999).
ADHD
Links:
www.chadd.org
www.add.org
Books:
Delivered From Distraction: Getting the Most Out of Life with ADHD, Hallowell & Ratey,
(2005).
Helping Adolescents with ADHD & Learning Disabilities: Ready to Use Tips, Techniques,
and Checklists for School Success, Greenbaum,& Markel, (2001).
Taking Charge of ADHD, Barkley, (2005).
Treatment for Attachment Trauma Problems
THERAPLAY
Links:
www.theraplay.org
www.theraplace.com
Books:
Theraplay: Helping Parents and Children Build Better Relationships Through Attachment
Based Play, 2nd Ed., Ann M. Jernberg & Phyllis B. Booth,(1999).
Family Attachment Narrative Therapy
Links:
www.familyattachment.com/pages/healingstories.html
Books:
Parenting With Stories: Creating a Foundation of Attachment for Parenting Your Child,
Melissa Nichols, Denise Lacher, & Joanne May, (2002).
Connecting With Kids Through Stories: Using Narrative to Facilitate Attachment in
Adopted Children, Denise Lacher, Todd Nichols & Joanne May, (2005).
Video:
First Steps for Strengthening Adoptive Families: Tools and Techniques for Meeting the Needs of your Adopted Child, Family Attachment Counseling Center (2006) Found at:
www.familyattachment.com/pages/healingstories.html
Dydadic Developmental Psychotherapy
Links:
danielahughes.homestead.com
www.center4familydevelop.com (see therapy section for a great description)
Books:
Attachment-focused Family Therapy, Daniel Hughes, (2007).
Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening love in Deeply Troubled Children, Daniel
Hughes, (2006).
Creating Capacity for Attachment, Arthur Becker-Weidman, (2005).
Facilitating Developmental Attachment, Daniel A. Hughes, (1997).
EMDR & Children
Links:
www.familyattachment.com/pages/emdr.html
www.childtrauma.com/emdrch.html
www.emdr.com
www.instituteforchildren.org/emdr.asp
Books:
Small Wonders: Healing Childhood Trauma with EMDR, Joan Lovett, MD, (1999).
Through the Eyes of a Child: EMDR With Children, Robert H. Tinker, PhD & Sandra A.
Wilson, PhD. (for professionals) (1999).
Help for Teachers
Links:
www.attachmentdisorder.net/helpforteachers.htm
www.tulsatoday.com/attachment.htm
www.center4familydevelop.com/helpteachrad.htm
www.bgcenter.com/UnchartedWaters.htm
www.schoolbehavior.com
Parenting
Links:
www.explosivechild.com
www.loveandlogic.com
Books:
Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline, Becky Bailey, (2002).
I Love You Rituals, Becky Bailey, (2000).
Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive, Dan Siegel & Mary Hartzell, (2003).
Time-In Parenting, Otto Weininger, (2002).
Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason,
Alfie Kohn, (2005).
Marital Enrichment
Links:
www.gettingtheloveyouwant.com
www.gottman.com
Books:
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, John Gottman, (1999).
Getting the Love You Want, Harville, Hendrix, (2005).
The Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman, (1995).
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