Three Kinds of Attachment Disorders.

Not all adopted children will have attachment disorders. Even older infants, toddlers and older children may not suffer from attachment related difficulties. If children have had nurturing and loving attachments before being placed with adoptive families they may adjust well and never show signs of having attachment issues. Attachment disorders occur most often when a child doesn’t have a good opportunity to learn how to make attachments during the first three years of life. There are three primary kinds of attachment disorders: The Non-Attached Child, is a child who was deprived of any opportunity to make a strong primary attachment. … Continue reading

Is your child attached to you?

I know this seems to be a silly question for those of you with a biological child. But what you should know is that it is a very real problem effecting biological and adopted children. There have been many blogs about this under the adoption topic. However it is not solely an adoptive family problem. Children that spend a lot of time away from home, may it be in the hospital for a long period of time can develop an attachment disorder of some kind, this is just one example of what may cause an attachment disorder. What is an … Continue reading