In 1950, John Bowlby was the first to report to the World Health Organization his research on attachment theory. He founded the fundamentals of attachment theory. He reported that newborns are born with such immaturity that they cannot survive without the security of their caregivers. With this security comes a healthy attachment. During the early months it doesn’t matter who the caregiver is as long as one is continually there for them. Once the child starts to discover the world around them, the attachment to a principal caregiver is crucial. When the child begins to crawl away, attachment is expressed by the child keeping track of where their caregiver is and resists separations. When the child reaches this state he is considered to
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Research shows that secure attachment is vital to the formation of a Childs sense of self and others that pave the way and sets up the course that guides the emotional and behavioral reactions that follow him through life (Hornor, 2008). It has been shown that failure to have positive experiences as well as abuse and neglect causes the memory systems to be filled with fear, mistrust and rejection (Mikic & Terradas, 2014). The child learns from a very early age that the primary caregiver will not attend to their most basic needs. As a result children with RAD learn how to coerce and manipulate to get what they need to survive and continue this pattern throughout their life to get there needs met (Golden, …show more content…
Some early treatments have been very controversial even dangerous. One of the controversial therapies is known as holding therapy which uses the child’s inner rage. They hold down/restrain the child and provoke and arouse him. The yell, scream, poke, tickle, anything that will bring out the Childs inner rage (Haugarrd & Hazen, 2004). Another technique that was used early on is called “rebirthing” which can create continued trauma in the already traumatized child, forcing the child to regress to his early childhood (Haugaard & Hazen, 2004). There has been little research into the best therapy for RAD however the importance of identifying RAD early in life is essential in getting appropriate mental health therapy started. Golden (2007) speaks about treatments and how not to expect to change the Childs behavior but rather try and control it. Golden goes on to state that the typical behavior modification alone will not work. That the children with RAD appear to be resistant to normal interventions and not to expect therapy to result in teaching internalized values or morals (Golden, 2007). The goals of working with a child of RAD should be to give the child a source of emotional safety, be that from a caregiver, friend or therapist, someone that can consistently be available to the child. Another goal is to give opportunities for corrective social experiences as well as working on bettering their social
Research shows that secure attachment is vital to the formation of a Childs sense of self and others that pave the way and sets up the course that guides the emotional and behavioral reactions that follow him through life (Hornor, 2008). It has been shown that failure to have positive experiences as well as abuse and neglect causes the memory systems to be filled with fear, mistrust and rejection (Mikic & Terradas, 2014). The child learns from a very early age that the primary caregiver will not attend to their most basic needs. As a result children with RAD learn how to coerce and manipulate to get what they need to survive and continue this pattern throughout their life to get there needs met (Golden, …show more content…
Some early treatments have been very controversial even dangerous. One of the controversial therapies is known as holding therapy which uses the child’s inner rage. They hold down/restrain the child and provoke and arouse him. The yell, scream, poke, tickle, anything that will bring out the Childs inner rage (Haugarrd & Hazen, 2004). Another technique that was used early on is called “rebirthing” which can create continued trauma in the already traumatized child, forcing the child to regress to his early childhood (Haugaard & Hazen, 2004). There has been little research into the best therapy for RAD however the importance of identifying RAD early in life is essential in getting appropriate mental health therapy started. Golden (2007) speaks about treatments and how not to expect to change the Childs behavior but rather try and control it. Golden goes on to state that the typical behavior modification alone will not work. That the children with RAD appear to be resistant to normal interventions and not to expect therapy to result in teaching internalized values or morals (Golden, 2007). The goals of working with a child of RAD should be to give the child a source of emotional safety, be that from a caregiver, friend or therapist, someone that can consistently be available to the child. Another goal is to give opportunities for corrective social experiences as well as working on bettering their social