Trauma, Attachment and Family Permanence: Fear Can Stop You Loving

Fostered and adopted children can present major challenges resulting from unresolved attachment issues and early traumatic experiences. In this much-needed book, the contributors provide a variety of complementary perspectives on the needs of these children and their families, focusing on ways of integrating attachment theory and developmental psychology into effective practice.

Examining multiple aspects of work with children who are unable to live with their birth families, the book includ...