Attachment disorder

A research study carried out by Shaffer and Emerson (1964) discovered the sequence of baby’s attachment development. The study used 60 babies, the babies were studied from their homes in order to identify the development of attachment with their mothers or care givers in their first years. The researcher visited the babies’ houses once a month during a period of one year. They observed the interaction between the mother and their babies as well as they interviewed the mothers to be able to…

2.4 Place attachment Essentially, the term place attachment refers to ‘affective bond’ between people (individuals or group) and a significant environment, which is developing over time (Scannell and Gifford, 2010). However, due to ‘the proliferation of concepts and measurements proposed for characterising emotional bonds between humans and places’ (Manzo and Devine-Wright, 2014, p. 125), place attachment has a diversity of definitions. These definitions, however, remain scattered in the…

Nurture vs. nature has been debated for a long time, nurture is how your environment has had an effect on you while nature is what type of genes your were born with will determine your personality. Nurture is obviously the right answer because it has a bigger impact on someone personality rather than nature. If a man abuses his wife and kids is it because he was born with violent traits or is it because something he learned for his parents behavior. This debate within psychology is concerned…

The article, “Family Resilience and Pragmatic Parent Education,” by Schwartz (2002) discussions the impact of pragmatic parent education programs and how it is connected to resilience in the family. Therefore, Schwartz argues throughout the article that these programs for building and maintaining family resilience is critical, especially for families who have children within the foster care system. Within this discussion, the comparison between pragmatic and generic present day education program…

A key aspect in the engagement process when the worker and clients are working together is the holding environment. The holding environment developed by Donald Winnicott, “describes the therapeutic process … of the mother-child relationship in infancy,” that is shows “context of psychotherapeutic treatment” (as cited in Babits, 2001). The holding environment may bring emphasis on the engagement process on a mother and her child; however, the same applies for the engagement process between a…

Zachary was discharged to a pre-adoption home on 8/19/2016. This goal is close. FS Zachary was transferred to a foster home in the Charleston Division on 7/28/16. MHP and Zachary completed exercises to assist Zachary’s ability to make healthy decisions. Zachary was able to complete simple tasks with prompts from MHP. Zachary’s behaviors improved based on foster parent reports of decreased redirection. Zachary was discharged to a pre-adoption home on 8/19/2016. This goal is close. Zachary was…

John Bowlby a British psychiatrist was the first to apply the idea of attachment theory. He defines it as the bond between infant and caregiver. In this case, Liam is the infant and the caregivers are his parents. The quality of the attachment to his parents has deep implications for Liam’s feelings of safety and capacity, to form a trusting relationship (Berk, 2013, p. 429). Attachment theory is defined as “a continuing affectionate bond that ties a person to another, over time and across…

Bowlby states there are three different attachment theories: Avoidant Attachment, Anxious Attachment, and Secure Attachment. The attachment theory I most connect with is Secure Attachment. The video informs us that it is a “rare ideal” (The School of Life Channel, 2015) however, meeting basic needs like security, food, water, clothing and a roof over our heads,…

I learned in Development during the first three years, is child who learn trust as an infant are better equipped to have a good self control and that they are more likely to have a better self esteem. They are also more likely to be confident in exploring their surroundings. How we can build that trust is by caring for them. playing with them, make the environment that they are in feel safe and warm. Create a bond over time by making sure that their need are meet. I learned in Development…

A child grows an attachment with their caregiver. As infants we begin to see caregivers other than their mother such as nannies or grandmothers or even strangers. Many infants are separated from their mother, this can have positive and or negative effects on the child. It is important for the reader to know that all children have individual differences in attachment which can be caused by the situations the child is put through during the first year of life. The Strange Situation is an…