First Steps in Parenting the Child who Hurts - Tiddlers and Toddlers (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

'Primarily aimed at adoptive parents, but of considerable use to foster carers of young children, this publication approaches attachment and developmental issues arising when even the smallest child is in your care. Extremely well researched, it offers practical, sensitive guidance through the dark areas of separation, loss and trauma in early childhood. It reassures that no problem faced as a result of your child's early experiences is insignificant or undeserving of a solution. Neither is the reader patronized by assumptions that some matters should already be common knowledge. Archer sets out purposefully to encourage confidence and thereby to enable enjoyment of the young life in your care, confessing this to be the book she herself would have welcomed 20 years ago.'

'A 'must have' book for both adoptive parents and for those professionals who help adoptive families forge new family ties. The author, herself an adoptive parent, addresses a wide variety of very complex topics with a marked sensitivity to the varying needs of children who may have had a wide range of early life experiences. Although in general the text is easy to read and understand, there is a glossary for those who might be unfamiliar with some of the terminology. References are made to well established issues as well as to some of the newer research on the impact of early abuse and neglect on brain development. I particularly appreciated the special focus on identifying abnormal arousal patterns and helping the child with these. Parents and professionals alike will value the specific ideas provided for coping with problem behaviors and for building closer family ties.'

General

Imprint:	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 1999
First published:	2000
Authors:	Caroline Archer
Dimensions:	244 x 179 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	128
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-85302-801-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Child welfare Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Advice on parenting > Child care & upbringing > General
LSN:	1-85302-801-0
Barcode:	9781853028014

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Fri, 1 Jul 2022 | Review by: Jean

A thoughtful look at helping adopted children manage their feelings

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