Interventions with fostered and adopted
children
A number of effective treatment packages have
been devised that are specially tailored for foster
care and adoption (see also Chapter 17). For
instance, the Attachment and Biobehavioural
Catch-Up programme is a 10-session multi-
component
intervention
addressing
mutual
processes between parent and child that may
interfere, directly or indirectly, with the child’s
self-regulatory capacities and attachment. These
include: parental interaction skills; parental attri-
butions; and how the parental childhood history
may contribute to current parenting attitudes
and behaviour. This approach has been found
to improve attachment behaviour and normalize
stress patterns as indicated by the hormone
cortisol [23].
CONCLUSIONS
The study of attachment has highlighted the poten-
tial importance of understanding the early rela-
tional roots of both adjustment and maladjustment.
The field has also focused attention on how one
observes and measures attachment and the some-
times subtle interactional processes that take place
within parent–child relationships. Critically, this
has led to the development of a range of quite effec-
tive treatment techniques designed to enhance the
security of attachment relationships in early life.
The long-term effectiveness of such treatments for
reducing risk for psychopathology and promoting
resilience remains to be fully established, and is an
important area for future clinical research.
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