Nurturing Attachments combines the experience and wisdom of parents and
carers with that of professionals to provide support and practical
guidance for foster and adoptive parents looking after children with
insecure attachment relationships.
It gives an overview of attachment theory and a step-by-step model of
parenting which provides the reader with a tried-and-tested framework
for developing resilience and emotional growth. Featuring throughout are
the stories of Catherine, Zoe, Marcus and Luke, four fictional children
in foster care or adoptive homes, who are used to illustrate the ideas
and strategies described. The book offers sound advice and provides
exercises for parents and their children, as well as useful tools that
supervising social workers can use both in individual support of carers
as well as in training exercises.
This is an essential guide for adoptive and foster parents,
professionals including health and social care practitioners, clinical
psychologists, child care professionals, and lecturers and students in
this field.