When children from insecure backgrounds become adolescents, the challenges they experience themselves and present for those around them can get a lot harder to sort out, before the teenager can fully integrate into society. These adolescents can quickly acquire 'bad kid' or 'anti-social' labels. They may form attachments by joining gangs, but in doing so, further alienate themselves from other more constructive options on offer.The contributors to this much needed book have all worked successfully on the front line with teenagers whose ability to make healthy relationships, or to find learning exciting or even possible, has been severely compromised by their past experiences of trauma, neglect and abuse. Each expert practitioner offers practical strategies, underpinned by attachment theory and their own extensive experience, to enable teachers, psychologists, therapists and social workers to reach out to young people in new ways, establishing genuine connection and real possibilities for learning and hope. Contents include:Attachment and adolescence-the key issues-Karl Heinz Brisch. Helping adolescents navigate transitions-Louise Bomber. Using an attachment approach in the classroom-Marie Delaney. Building authentic attachment relationships- Barbara Earl. Principles of attachment and intersubjectivity-Daniel A. Hughes. Supporting adolescent refugees-Sue Amey. Reaching teenage gang members-Camila Batmanghelidjh. Helping adolescents make the transition to university-Ann Heyno.

Teenagers and Attachment: Helping Adolescents Engage with Life and Learning

Education & Teaching

Karl Heinz Brisch

Louise Michelle Bomber

Daniel A. Hughes

Schools & Teaching

Worth Publishing

What would a genuinely supportive school day look like in real practice, for children who have experienced attachment difficulties and developmental vulnerability? What are the core features of an attachment-friendly school? How can we promote inclusion and positively affect learning outcomes amongst pupils in need, at risk, in care and adopted? Loiuse Bomber, teacher, therapist, trainer and author of the critically acclaimed number one selling book on behavioural difficulties Inside I'm Hurting, draws on her extensive experience in working with these children and young people. The book is full of practical ideas that can easily be integrated into the busy-ness of everyday school life. Complicated methods and procedures are unnecessary - the good news is that genuine relationship will provide children and adolescents who have experienced relational traumas and losses with the core support they need.

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Reference

Settling Troubled Pupils to Learn: Why Relationships Matter in School

Attachment Aware School Series: Boxed set of 5 pocket guides

Attachment Aware School Series: Bridging the Gap for Troubled Pupils

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