Assessing Disorganized Attachment Behaviour in Children Sharon Shoesmith " Dennis McCarthy's work with

" Dennis McCarthy's work with distressed or traumatized children begins with an exercise that is simple but very effective: he invites the child to communicate with him in their own way

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Transformative programmes can help young people to change the way they think about themselves and their futures

At the heart of the book is an attachment-informed assessment model and guidance for treatment

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Assessing Disorganized Attachment Behaviour in Children Sharon Shoesmith " Dennis McCarthy's work withAssessing Disorganized Attachment Behaviour in Children lays out an evidence based model for working with and assessing children with disorganized attachment and their adult carers: families whose extreme, erratic and disturbing behaviour can make them perplexing and frustrating to work with. The model is designed to identify key indicators and explanatory mechanisms of child maltreatment: disorganized attachment in the child, a parent's unresolved