Attachment in children

Q: What is Social Referencing? A: Social Referencing is intentionally searching for information about how others feel to help explain the meaning of uncertain circumstances and events. Infants and toddlers use this because they are new to situations and by examining others they can use it as reference as to how they are supposed to respond to a situation. This occurs around eight to nine months of age and is one of the first sophisticated social abilities that they learn. It can be seen by what…

Case studies of isolated children have supported the critical period hypothesis. These children who are exposed to language later in life, have shown extreme deficits in phonology, morphology and syntax. The best known is the case of Genie, a girl who was locked in a room where she had minimal human contact, particularly with her mother. She was punished by her father if she was to make any noises or sounds. She was discovered at the age of 13 and placed in a normal linguistic environment. When…

Top Baby Names 2016 Finding the right name for your baby can be one of the most fun and exciting parts of becoming a parent. However, where do you begin? Are you looking for something unique and interesting? Or do you lean toward tradition with a classic name? After all, a name helps to shape a child’s character! For some, it is important to take into consideration meaning and origin, as this can represent a child’s family or culture. For others, celebrity offspring can inspire a certain trend…

3.25 PAST AND FAMILY HISTORY All antenatal women should be assessed for a past history of depressive episodes. Depressive episodes experienced any time in the past, in relation with or not in relation with childbirth pose a significantly increased risk of developing PPD(7),(22),(54),(70). A 3.6 times higher risk of PPD was found in women who had a previous history of major depressive episode (48). However, an Indian study stated that a past history of depression increased the risk of further…

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…

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 practices will be discussed. The other topics of discussion include the effectiveness of the program practices between children and adolescents, how the pragmatic programs contribute to the strengths of the foster care system, the ultimate…

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…

be because of the criteria used to determine whether someone has this disorder. There are over 100 possible combinations of symptoms that could cause someone to be diagnosed. Many symptoms of Borderline personality disorder can first be spotted in children when entering adolescence. It is important to try to diagnose adolescences…

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…