Attachment therapy

Registered Practical Reflection: Children’s Aid Society and the Meyer Family These past six weeks of placement have widened my eyes and perspective to many things, including the complexity of foster family’s. While in the midst of my placement at the London-Middlesex Children’s Aid Society (CAS), I was able to choose a family in which my partner and I would attend their home at four various point in time in order to conduct a family assessment and work through any health-related issues they may…

University of Connecticut Introduction Attachment is one of the developmental milestones that begins during conception and remains throughout one’s life. It is defined as the “strong affectionate tie we have for special people in our lives that lead us to experience pleasure and joy when we interact with them and to be comforted by their nearness in times of stress” (Berk, 264). When the child’s needs are met by an individual, attachment develops. The primary caregiver, preferably…

Overall my attachment style is that of the secure relationship style, but I tend to revert toward the avoidant attachment style at times. The majority of the time when meeting people I perceive them as able of loving me, and that, I, myself am capable of receiving love from that specific person. In certain scenarios when insecurity can creep in, I lean toward the avoidant attachment style by placing my value in myself and in my academic work. During these scenarios, when I allow my insecurities…

scenario. It will explain and critique each theory. The three theories which will be explained are the attachment theory and humanistic theory and the cognitive theory. Furthermore, there are several theories and approaches which can apply to Abdul, however the chosen theories was based on being able to link together. Abdul as had to experienced loss, which then will be linked into the attachment theory and how this referred to the Abdul situation. Then finally how Abdul’s foster parents will…

The most common theories that were identified throughout the eight (8) articles were systems and ecological. A few articles touch on other theories as well, but these frameworks were not as prevalent. Systems The authors of both articles 1 & 2 discussed how frequent moves and lack of support systems as well as poor communication between agencies affect a youth’s ability to acquire adequate housing. The systems theory states that all parts of a system are interconnected and any change in one…

secure attachment to me as he didn’t connect with the stranger nor avoid being with me. Instead he seemed to be close to me, and wanted to maintain contact with me when he became distressed when I left him with some strangers. This can be an example of the Ainsworth Strange Situation, which was an experimental technique to measure attachment. “The Ainsworth Strange Situation sequence of staged episodes illustrated the strengths of attachment between a child and a (typically) mother” (Attachment…

world. Attachment theory, developed jointly by Bowlby and Ainsworth, describes the multiple ways an infant can emotionally attach to their primary caregiver (Bretherton 1992). Bowlby explained that innate behaviors of infants, such as clinging, sucking and following, promote the formation of secure attachment between the infant and mother when the mother responds to these cues appropriately (Bretherton 1992). Building on Bowlby’s work, Ainsworth contributed to the understanding of attachment by…

Loring Jones’s article Measuring Resiliency and Its Predictors in Recently Discharged Foster Youth is a study where 97 foster youth are interviewed six months after they are discharged from the foster care system. The study took place at a foster care residence that uses a “residential education” approach. This means the emphasis at this facility was on education and social development. The interview is used to see how resilient the youth are based on predetermined predictors for being resilient…

cognitive mechanisms which allow other bodily functions which as … is attachment. Attachment is the development of a close and emotional relationship between a caregiver and child which allows further future relationships to be formed (Cassidy and Shaver, 2008) As characterised by responses to the Strange Situations (a test where the child 's reaction to a stranger is measure, both with and without the caregiver present), attachment develops in two different ways (Ainsworth, 1989). Children who…

New Zealand. This essay focuses on the comparison in infant sleeping arrangements among different culture. Moreover, further discussion of attachment theory in which mainly focusing on Ainsworth (1979) research findings and a hypothesis on relationships between maternal behavior and infant behavior with its effect on various sleeping arrangements. Attachment theory was initially developed by British psychologist John Bowlby, by using various ethological theories and later, Mary Ainsworth who…