by Caroline Archerand Christine Gordon (Author)
Finally, a parenting book which demystifies the latest thinking on neurobiology, physiology and trauma and explains what the research means for the everyday life of parents of children who hurt.
As experts on adoption and fostering who are adoptive parents themselves, Caroline Archer and Christine Gordon explain how this knowledge can help parents to better understand and care for their child. They explain why conventional parenting techniques are often not helpful for the child who has experienced early trauma and explore why therapeutic reparenting is the only way to help repair the unhealthy neurobiological and behavioural patterns which affect the child's development. They do not shy away from how difficult reparenting is, acknowledging how hard it can be to recognise our own fallibility as parents and to change our own parenting patterns. The authors also offer hard-won advice on a range of common parenting flashpoints - from defusing arguments and aggression to negotiating bedtimes and breaks in routine, and making sure that special occasions are remembered for all the right reasons.
Reparenting the Child Who Hurts is a humane, no-nonsense survival guide for any parent caring for a child with developmental trauma or attachment difficulties, and will also provide information and insights for social workers, teachers, counsellors and other professionals involved in supporting adoptive and foster families.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 288
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 15 Dec 2012
ISBN 10: 1849052638
ISBN 13: 9781849052634
Book Overview: Demystifying the latest thinking on neurobiology, physiology and trauma and explaining what the research means for the everyday life of parents of children who hurt
This exciting new book by the authors of New Families, Old Scripts starts from the latest findings on brain development from the field of neuroscience and how this information is central to understanding the principles of developmentally reparenting children who have experienced a traumatic start in their early life.
The book is both informative, presenting scientific information in an accessible format and instructive, giving countless practical examples and scenarios which can be used by parents and professionals alike.
The principles of developmental reparenting are spelt out throughout each chapter of the book. Adoptive parents and foster carers are encouraged to look at their own attachment history to make sense of their relationship with their children.
Readers are encouraged to practice changing their mindset to PARCEL (being playful, accepting, responsive, curious, empathetic and loving) when parenting traumatised children.
This book is a great resource for both parents who are parenting vulnerable traumatised children and those professionals who are supporting them.
-- Fiona Lettice, adoptive parent