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kyburgEven though it might be called by the same thing.
You talk to some of the activists concerned about the rights for adoptees (bastardnation.org is one of my favorites), and you hear about the term 'attachment disorder treatment and training.'
Shoot, I've heard nothing but attachment, bonding, attachment since I began taking classes with DCFS - but after checking in with the activists...there is something going around by the same name...and it's brutal abuse, full stop, no more, no less.
The Good Guys? The Texas Christian University Institute of Child Development. They're the ones who developed the book "The Connected Child" - recommended by my agency, and reviewed by me elsewhere.
The Bad Guys? Evergreen Psychotherapy Center Attachment and Training Institute" in Colorado. These are the guys who tipped me off.
Guys, I have NEVER heard of the Evergreen center in any of my contacts with DCFS, Heartsent or any other legitimate parenting class. Matter of fact, anything that smacked of coercion or physical restraint was forbidden and considered, well, WRONG.
Just wanted to let you know. Attachment Training is going around by the same name - but with two REALLY different practitioners.
(*reads* Jeebus. Yes, you hold children to form attachment - and you expect some resistance, but you don't FORCE it. WTF. OVER. REPEAT.)
You talk to some of the activists concerned about the rights for adoptees (bastardnation.org is one of my favorites), and you hear about the term 'attachment disorder treatment and training.'
Shoot, I've heard nothing but attachment, bonding, attachment since I began taking classes with DCFS - but after checking in with the activists...there is something going around by the same name...and it's brutal abuse, full stop, no more, no less.
The Good Guys? The Texas Christian University Institute of Child Development. They're the ones who developed the book "The Connected Child" - recommended by my agency, and reviewed by me elsewhere.
The Bad Guys? Evergreen Psychotherapy Center Attachment and Training Institute" in Colorado. These are the guys who tipped me off.
Guys, I have NEVER heard of the Evergreen center in any of my contacts with DCFS, Heartsent or any other legitimate parenting class. Matter of fact, anything that smacked of coercion or physical restraint was forbidden and considered, well, WRONG.
Just wanted to let you know. Attachment Training is going around by the same name - but with two REALLY different practitioners.
(*reads* Jeebus. Yes, you hold children to form attachment - and you expect some resistance, but you don't FORCE it. WTF. OVER. REPEAT.)
