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No Connection
Surviving Attachment Disorders By Teri Brown
"Most often, helping a child with attachment challenges begins with working with the parents," Forbes says. "Treatment should include both the parents and the child. Education is a powerful piece in this treatment. The more the parent can cognitively understand why the child is exhibiting negative behaviors, the more space the parent will have to help the child shift back to a state of regulation instead of becoming emotionally intolerant, which leaves no room for relationship."
Family therapy is generally more affective in treating attachment disorders than one-on-one counseling, as attachment disorders affect the entire family. Parent support groups and foster support groups are often good sources for referral through word of mouth of other group members.
While attachment disorders can be devastating, they are not the end of the world. Remember that it isn't you the child doesn't trust; it is all adults. Attachment disorders can be treated successfully, and with patience, love and work, your child can learn to love and trust and maintain successful relationships.
Angry, bossy and argumentative - Lack of impulse control
- Resists affection on parental terms
- Indiscriminately affectionate with strangers
- Poor peer relationships
- Incessant chatter and/or questions
- Inappropriately demanding and/or clingy
- Food issues
- Fascinated by fire, blood, weapons, evil
