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Table of Contents for A Child’s Journey through Placement






Chapter One: Attachment and Separation

The Importance of Attachment

The Development of Attachment between Parent and Child

Assessing Attachment

Identifying Attachment Problems

Promoting New Attachments for Children in Care


Chapter Two: Child Development

The First Year of Life

The Toddler Years

The Preschool Years

The Ages Six through Ten

Adolescence

Special Developmental Issues


Chapter Three: Separation and Loss

Factors Influencing the Reaction to Separation

The Grief PRocess

How Unresolved Separations May Interfere with New Attachments


Chapter Four: Minimizing the Trauma of Moves

Overall Stragegies for Minimizing the Trauma of Moves

When Children Enter Interim Care

The Foster Family’s Role When the Child Leaves Their Home

Return to the Birth Parents

Moving a Child to Adoption

Leaving the System by Emancipation


Chapter Five: Case Planning

Working with Birth Parents

Assessment

Treatment Planning

Special Issues


Chapter Six: Behavior Problems

Principles of Behavior Management

Selecting an Approach to Behavior Management

Managing Behavior that Reflects Attachment Problems

Children with Learning Problems


Chapter Seven: Direct Work with Children

The Scope of Direct Work

Communicating with Children

Additional Communication Tools

The Lifebook


Postscript


Glossary


Bibliography by Chapter

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