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The Connected Child: Bring hope & healing into your adoptive family
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The adoption of a child is always a joyous moment in the life of a family. Some adoptions, however, a unique challenge. Welcoming these children into your family – & taking into account their special needs – requires care, consideration & compassion.
From two research psychologists specializing in adoption & written attachment, The Connected Child will help you:
– adopted build bonds of affection & trust in your – effective against any learning or behavioral disorders – Discipline Your child with love, without him or her feel threatened
If you commuted on adopting a child from a foreign country, or even a child who was from foster home to foster home are thinking, you must read this book first if you want to raise a happy and healthy child.
There are dozens of parenting books on the market, but what makes this book so special is the authors’ ground-breaking, empirical research with adopted children. Her research at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth was did, TX (http://www. child. TCU. edu /) their findings and methods are unique because they use a holistic approach to healing the wounded child. The result is that they create quiet wonder how their methods of others and the world are common, learned. Their research is taking place also help other vulnerable children, including those with autism.
According to the authors, structural changes in the brains of children who were abused or lost before the adoption. Unfortunately, it is common practice in some foreign orphanages for babies on their backs for 24 hours per day are set, propped with a bottle in his mouth, and lying in soiled clothes. You are never petted or spoken, because they cry makes for more attention. These orphanages have become eerily quiet as babies eventually give up their votes. Even small children for food begging from her crib, only ignored. Many children in these orphanages sexually abused.
Many adoptive parents believe that all you have to do is to adopt the baby and the love and nurture it, and everything will be fine. However, the authors show that this research on parents the largest face, and perhaps also the most expensive, the challenge of her life. Fortunately, this challenge to be worthwhile, and probably more successful if they read “advise The Connected Child” and the practice of the authors. And so should their pediatrician or a other caregiver! you will understand what their child unapproachable made, angry, precocious anxious, sexually, sleepless, aggressive or withdrawn. Most importantly, they developed the knowledge and tools they need to have to ensure their child, normally.
The authors of the research developed from a summer camp for adopted children, it develops with emotional and behavioral problems. saliva and urine tests were done on each child. The chemical results were shocking ! They discovered that the children were “neurotransmitter levels from the charts. They also discovered that if they used specific behavioral interventions, and gave them special supplements with the assistance of a doctor, the children began to normalize neurotransmitter levels. Her behavior totally changed!
Here are three success stories are described in the book:
(1) diagnosed with bipolar disorder and reactive attachment disorder ( RAD), a six-year-old girl did not want to admit to their parents cuddle her. She had to be isolated socially because growl they would wind their way to the ground, and physically attacking her sister and brother. In less than a year of intensive behavioral therapy was, they share a friendly and loving big sister and many friends. She and her mother is now the simple pleasures of domestic life, including craft activities, bake cookies. It has started, says her mother, “I love you. “
(2)” A five-year-old boy who was physically small and had limited language skills since coming home four years before the search began for his mother cuddling and speaking in full, straight sets. He grew so fast that he won pants three sizes – all within two months. “
(3)” an eleven-year-old boy who was not allowed in public school for two years because of his aggressive outbursts was weaned successfully from two and three other antipsychotic drugs. He has successfully answered a regular classroom and is characterized by many enrichment activities. He is praised by his new teacher for his exemplary behavior always. “
This book and the Institute of Child Development is a positive sign to leave this world. For the good of the children, I hope parents and caregivers everywhere will heed their advice.
Rating: 5.5
I took one child at birth, now 9th Since then she has been with a mood disorder – probably bi-polar diagnosis. The Connected Child was helpful for me as Ross Greene’s books on the Explosive Child. I learned something new from every chapter, making especially the last chapter on management of Defiance, nurses at every opportunity and proactive strategies life easier. Simple suggestions from the authors, says just as signs of congestion with authority rehearse for the child, what is done to help your child identify emotions and many others have stuck with me. I have even used successfully. The book is written in clear and simple, easy to fly, find sections that apply to your situation. I recommend this book. Erica Manfred
Rating: 5.5
Brilliant! The wisdom in this book, our house a stressful home filled with laughter and peace. We have seen changes in our internationally adopted children within days. I especially appreciate that they do not write from a stand point of despair, hope. I have to read 20 + books on adoption, attachment and behavior – this is the best resource available. Very practical advice for parents, such as at-risk children. Every adoptive parent should read this book.
Rating: 5.5
We are the parents of some children adopted and have always returned to certain information about the adopted children with broad-spectrum diagnoses (ADHD, ODD, RAD, Bipolar Disorder). At one time or another, our children had all these diagnoses attached to their problems /> / behaviors.
We read all of the general literature on this broad-spectrum diagnoses and tries each guideline in this books on these topics, such as rehabilitation and bad behavior – all with little or no success.
“The Connected Child” speaks directly to the behavioral issues and unique emotional needs, which they adopted children . require Their approach – based on the TCU Institute of Child Development methodology – is a process for modifying behavior as a parent in addressing the problems of children and behavior. Specifically, the book suggests that all these children show behaviors to perceived threats and fears established / learned during her early years in institutions. He recommends that parents develop – and to consistently reinforce – a loving, affectionate, trusting and safe environment for these children so that they can grow away from viewing people and situations in a fearful or threatening manner.
< , br /> While “The Connected Child” makes a strong argument for the unique problems associated with these institutionalized children and places a relatively solid basis for dealing with these children to cope and achieve, in my opinion, its relatively “easy to “Read the book of short” crunchy “chapters and sections was not the kind of structured or disciplined approach is required. The authors propose a life-changing methods and home environment, both for the affected children, their parents and siblings and other important opinion makers in the Kid’s life (teacher, advisor). More detailed direction as the successful implementation of their methodology would have been grateful.
I also find the frequent use of “semi-miracle” stories with a bit too much: a child could not be reached Standard therapies, parents – try At Wit’s End – the “Connected Child” method; cured child. I am sure that it represented much more trial and error, or initial failures (both children and parents) with their methodology as in this book.
However, I would recommend that this book will have on the parents of the children who were adopted and institutionalized the need to not read the response to traditional therapies for these broad-spectrum diagnoses. The Connected Child “approach to building a safe and secure environment for this unique kids reach – however difficult for the parents – deserve attention.
Rating: 5.3
“The Connected Child” is a must for anyone considering adoption or foster care of children and is ideal for families with a child who has experienced the trauma of abuse, neglect, abandonment, loss of parents, divorce or other circumstances, emotional intensity. It seems some people think, because the children laugh and play “, that they are after some o’kay of these events. This book explains that the brain function and chemistry caused by trauma. Behavior and learning will be done by neurochemisty, and the authors’ research showed signifiant improvement of neurotransmitter activity with children who participated in their study.
I think the expertise of Dr. Purvis Cross and the best I have found to be in 16 years of searching for answers. In addition, her book gives practical strategies for dealing with sensory disorders, learning and linguistic issues, problems and behaviors. As soon as a parent, a better understanding of these approaches, many struggles for power between the child and parent can be avoided, reduced or prevented entirely. As a “horse whisperer” the wild horse tamed to Dr. Purvis calms the troubled child and was affectionately Whisperer the “child nickname.” Our family is forever grateful be.
Debbie Jones
Rating: 5.5