When beginning this intervention there is a thorough and comprehensive evaluation completed to determine the early developmental history and notate the risk factors that caused the child to have attachment issues to begin with. In this particular intervention the children are scored on a scale of 1-108, if the child scores less than 60 they are not considered to be eligible for attachment therapy (Howe & Fearnley, 1999). This intervention includes many different elements, but two elements that are beneficial to the treatment are the cognitive restructuring of emotional experiences and therapeutic holding. Therapeutic holding is when the child experiences close, strong, compassionate, and stable physical and emotional relationship (Howe & Fearnley, 1999). While this intervention is realistic and manageable, there are some advantages, disadvantages, cost, benefits, and challenges that are encountered when trying to implement this
When beginning this intervention there is a thorough and comprehensive evaluation completed to determine the early developmental history and notate the risk factors that caused the child to have attachment issues to begin with. In this particular intervention the children are scored on a scale of 1-108, if the child scores less than 60 they are not considered to be eligible for attachment therapy (Howe & Fearnley, 1999). This intervention includes many different elements, but two elements that are beneficial to the treatment are the cognitive restructuring of emotional experiences and therapeutic holding. Therapeutic holding is when the child experiences close, strong, compassionate, and stable physical and emotional relationship (Howe & Fearnley, 1999). While this intervention is realistic and manageable, there are some advantages, disadvantages, cost, benefits, and challenges that are encountered when trying to implement this