Attachment Disorder Within the Foster Care System
Attachment Disorder Within the Foster Care System
Liberty University
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to examine the diagnosis of attachment disorder and it’s relationship to children within the foster care system. The prevalence of children placed into foster care as well as the circumstances that put them there are examined. Attachment and attachment disorder are discussed and defined. This article targets the current treatment methods and considers the aspects specific to children within the foster care system that affect how those treatments will work. An absence of established diagnosis and treatment criteria is discussed as well as current efforts to combine the previously known and well-established information on attachment and current issues related to children in the foster care system. Overall the lack of proper diagnosis and treatment models are leaving children who are already vulnerable with an illness that will affect the rest of their lives and those around them.
Attachment Disorder Within the Foster Care and Adoption System
The relationships formed in early infancy and childhood create the framework from which all future relationships will be played out. The cement that holds this framework together is called attachment. When children enter the foster care and or adoption system, the bond that was previously formed is broken. At times this occurs due to a birthparents choice to place their child for adoption, but more often this results from abuse or neglect. This abuse or neglect can lead to the development of various forms of attachment disorder. Attachment disorder is a serious psychological illness that without intervention can lead to detrimental and lifelong effects. Children in the foster care system are at higher risk for developing this serious illness and care should be taken to not only understand the disease, but to also find ways to help treat it’s effects.
Liberty University
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to examine the diagnosis of attachment disorder and it’s relationship to children within the foster care system. The prevalence of children placed into foster care as well as the circumstances that put them there are examined. Attachment and attachment disorder are discussed and defined. This article targets the current treatment methods and considers the aspects specific to children within the foster care system that affect how those treatments will work. An absence of established diagnosis and treatment criteria is discussed as well as current efforts to combine the previously known and well-established information on attachment and current issues related to children in the foster care system. Overall the lack of proper diagnosis and treatment models are leaving children who are already vulnerable with an illness that will affect the rest of their lives and those around them.
Attachment Disorder Within the Foster Care and Adoption System
The relationships formed in early infancy and childhood create the framework from which all future relationships will be played out. The cement that holds this framework together is called attachment. When children enter the foster care and or adoption system, the bond that was previously formed is broken. At times this occurs due to a birthparents choice to place their child for adoption, but more often this results from abuse or neglect. This abuse or neglect can lead to the development of various forms of attachment disorder. Attachment disorder is a serious psychological illness that without intervention can lead to detrimental and lifelong effects. Children in the foster care system are at higher risk for developing this serious illness and care should be taken to not only understand the disease, but to also find ways to help treat it’s effects.