& the Cider House Rules. Attachment Theory. Maureen Mack, Ph.D. Curriculum & Instruction University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. Definitions of Secure/Insecure Attachment Types of Disordered Attachment Effects of Attachment Quality & Trauma on the Developing Brain Treatment and Strategies.
& theCider House Rules
Maureen Mack, Ph.D.
Curriculum & Instruction
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
Types of Disordered Attachment
Effects of Attachment Quality & Trauma on the Developing Brain
Treatment and StrategiesOverview
Secure attachment is an enduring affective bond characterized by a tendency to seek and maintain proximity to a specific person, particularly when under stress.
– Ainsworth and BowlbyDefinition of Secure Attachment
Emotional Sensitivity—appropriate parental emotional expression and reception. EA qualities can be observed in parents of children of any age.
Secure Attachment characterized by a tendency to seek and maintain proximity to a specific person, particularly when under stress.
Parents + ChildSecure Attachment
Instinctual urge to attach rooted in evolution
Attachment disorder is the inability to form loving, lasting intimate relationshipsDefinition of Attachment Disorder
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Bedtime at the Orphanage
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Mild intimate relationships
SevereCommon Causes of Disorder Attachment
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Behavioral intimate relationships
Thought intimate relationships
Physical intimate relationships
Alarm Reactions intimate relationships
Alter chemical wiring
Neurobehavioral problemsBrain Development
Fetal—first 2 years—most rapid growth; quality of caretaking impacts brain
Symptoms of ADHD
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