Enhancing Early Attachments: Theory, Research, Intervention, and Policy

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• Enhancing Early Attachments i
• Enhancing Early Attachments - Theory, Research, Intervention, and Policy iii
• About the Editors vii
• Contributors ix
• Series Editors’ Note xii
• Preface xv
• Contents xxiii
• Part I - Theoretical and Research Bases for Interventions to Enhance Early Attachments 1
• Chapter 1 - Interventions to Enhance Early Attachments the State of the Field Today 3
• Chapter 2 - Examination of the Precursors of Infant Attachment Security Implications for Early Intervention and Intervention Research 34
• Chapter 3 - Attachment-Based Intervention Programs Implications for Attachment Theory and Research 61
• Chapter 4 - The Developmental Neurobiology of Disrupted Attachment Lessons from Animal Models and Child Abuse Research 79
• Chapter 5 - Reciprocal Influences of Attachment and Trauma Using a Dual Lens in the Assessment and Treatment of Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers 100
• Part II - Interventions to Enhance Early Attachments Practice and Policy 125
• Chapter 6 - The Circle of Security Intervention Differential Diagnosis and Differential Treatment 127
• Chapter 7 - Minding the Baby Enhancing Parental Reflective Functioning in a Nursing/Mental Health Home Visiting Program 152

• Enhancing Early Attachments i
• Enhancing Early Attachments - Theory, Research, Intervention, and Policy iii
• About the Editors vii
• Contributors ix
• Series Editors’ Note xii
• Preface xv
• Contents xxiii
• Part I - Theoretical and Research Bases for Interventions to Enhance Early Attachments 1
• Chapter 1 - Interventions to Enhance Early Attachments the State of the Field Today 3
• Chapter 2 - Examination of the Precursors of Infant Attachment Security Implications for Early Intervention and Intervention Research 34
• Chapter 3 - Attachment-Based Intervention Programs Implications for Attachment Theory and Research 61
• Chapter 4 - The Developmental Neurobiology of Disrupted Attachment Lessons from Animal Models and Child Abuse Research 79
• Chapter 5 - Reciprocal Influences of Attachment and Trauma Using a Dual Lens in the Assessment and Treatment of Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers 100
• Part II - Interventions to Enhance Early Attachments Practice and Policy 125
• Chapter 6 - The Circle of Security Intervention Differential Diagnosis and Differential Treatment 127
• Chapter 7 - Minding the Baby Enhancing Parental Reflective Functioning in a Nursing/Mental Health Home Visiting Program 152
• Chapter 8 - Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up an Intervention Targeting Empirically Identified Needs of Foster Infants 178
• Chapter 9 - Building Attachment Relationships Following Maltreatment and Severe Deprivation 195
• Chapter 10 - The Nurse–family Partnership Foundations in Attachment Theory and Epidemiology 217
• Chapter 11 - Enhancing Early Attachments in the Context of Early Head Start Can Programs Emphasizing Family Support Improve Rates of Secure Infant–mother Attachments in Low-Income Families? 250
• Chapter 12 - Tales from the Capitol Tried, True, and Not-True Strategies for Increasing Policy Support for Programs to Enhance Early Attachment 276
• Part III - Commentaries 295
• Commentary 1 - Why Less is More from the Dodo Bird Verdict to Evidence-Based Interventions on Sensitivity and Early Attachments 297
• Commentary 2 - Models Versus Metaphors in Translating Attachment Theory to the Clinic and Community 313
• Commentary 3 - Enhancing Early Attachments Synthesis and Recommendations for Research, Practice, and Policy 327
• Index 345