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Summary: Unethical
Review: Dan is a phenomenal counselor, speaker, and, now, author. His approach is straight forward and compassionate. For any family (mine's adopted) facing attachment issues, Dan's insight is on the mark and his approaches are very helpful. The book builds on numerous theoretical approaches to attachment and provides clinical and therapeutic techniques that really work in helping children build attachment. It is my bible and I have read it twice. My copy has so many underlines highlights and notes from my children that I don't think I could read it a third time for all my scribbling! Most importantly, the suggestions are POSSIBLE. The approaches Dan suggests can be done by any parent or caregiver truly interested in helping their troubled child. It doesn't take two people. Be prepared, it does take the patience of Job. Of course, we all know that is part of the game with troubled children.
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Summary: Excellent, must read.
Review: Even though this book is written for therapists, it is extremely helpful for parents as well. I am the mother of a child with RAD who is being treated according to Hughes' therapy methods, and the child is responding positively after only a few months. She was with a traditional therapist for over a year and her pathology only got worse. Hughes emphasis in therapy is parental attunement with the child. This is key to attachment.I would bet that the reviewers who have called his techniques "unethical," and "pseudoscience" do not have children with RAD. Holding therapy is not torture, it is therapeutic. Torture is living a life with no attachments to other human beings. Read this book for understanding, and be sure to find an attachment therapist to work with, hopefully one recommended by other parents with RAD children. You will need professional guidance - it's not a DIY project.
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Summary: facilitating developmental attachment
Review: I found this book to have insightful information into this disorder. It was able to give several different views on how this disorder occurs, the reaction, and how to find a way of reversing it. The different views on why children act as they do and how others may react differently. There are a lot of personal comments spread throught the book for you to get actual first hand knowledge.
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Summary: facilitating developmental attachment
Review: I found this book to have insightful information into this disorder. It was able to give several different views on how this disorder occurs, the reaction, and how to find a way of reversing it. The different views on why children act as they do and how others may react differently. There are a lot of personal comments spread throught the book for you to get actual first hand knowledge.
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Summary: excellent resources for parents with adopted or foster child
Review: I ordered "Facilitating Developmental Attachment" and "Systemic Parenting: An Exploration of the Parenting Big Picture" (Gaskill) at the same time. Just got done reading both. These are excellent resources for parents with adopted or foster children. I found both books to be VERY complimentary of other. The authors seem to be cut from the same mold in respect to their clinical perspectives and understanding of parenting. Both cover different aspects of parenting - Facilitating Developmental Attachment is a more specific RE attachment issues, yet Systemic Parenting covers important big picture issues. These are must read books for foster and adoptive parents!
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Summary: Interesting and helpful
Review: I would highly recommend this book to other foster parents. It thoroughly describes therapeutic techniques, both for use in the therapist's office and in the home, and explains why and how they work. It emphasizes the hard work of treating and parenting the child with attachment problems and offers hope. I also want to offer a couple of criticisms: 1) There is too much jargon in the introductory chapters explaining theory; it may discourage some readers, but the book does get easier to understand. 2) The author deals only with success stories. I'm sure his methods have not succeeded with all his clients, and even a short description of "failures" would have provided balance. It would have been helpful if he'd listed his criteria for accepting clients-- what are the behavioral, personality, and/or family characteristics that suggest someone is likely to benefit, and on what basis does he refer clients elsewhere? 3) I wish he'd included something about the politics of getting therapeutic help for foster and adoptive kids. Sounds like many of his clients are longterm, and treatment can't be cheap; I'm wondering how families afford his services. A plug for the importance of adoption subsidies and true treatment foster care would have been a bonus. Colleen M. McDonald
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Summary: Unethical
Review: This book advocates the use of coercive restraint AS therapy, among other very questionable practices. "Holding Therapy" is totally unethical. It actaully fits the definition of "torture" in the United Nations Treaty on Torture. It's unbelievable that people would recommend this book.
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