Towards Belonging : Negotiating New Relationships for Adopted Children and Those in Care / edited by Andrew Briggs ; foreword by John Simmonds.

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ISBN:

9781782414032

9781782203247

9781336283176

9781781815359

Title:

Towards Belonging : Negotiating New Relationships for Adopted Children and Those in Care / edited by Andrew Briggs ; foreword by John Simmonds.

Author:

Briggs, Andrew, editor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 page)

Series:

The Tavistock Clinic Series

Tavistock Clinic series.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; FOREWORD; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Towards belonging: conceptual definitions; CHAPTER TWO Some reflections on "towards belonging" for children in care: guided journey or "wandering lost"?; CHAPTER THREE Towards belonging: the role of a residential setting; CHAPTER FOUR Establishing a sense of belonging for looked after children: the journey from fear and shame to love and belonging; CHAPTER FIVE From owning to belonging; CHAPTER SIX Belonging inside: a child in search of herself.

CHAPTER SEVEN The smell of belongingCHAPTER EIGHT Fostering relationships for looked after children; CHAPTER NINE Existential yearning: a family systemic perspective on belonging; Endpiece; REFERENCES; INDEX.

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Subject Term:

Adopted children -- Great Britain -- Psychology.

Foster children -- Great Britain -- Psychology.

Child psychology.

Enfants adoptés -- Grande-Bretagne -- Psychologie.

Enfants -- Psychologie.

POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.

POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.

Adopted children -- Psychology

Child psychology

Foster children -- Psychology

Geographic Term:

Great Britain

Added Author:

Briggs, Andrew,

Simmonds, John,

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

http://ezproxy.angliss.edu.au/login?url=http://ezproxy.angliss.edu.au/login?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=972416

Publication Date:

2015

Publication Information:

London :

Karnac Books,

2015.

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Summary

This book includes contributions from a wide range of interested observers and practitioners in the field of children in care and adoption, focusing on a core aspect of their emotional well-being and mental health. It focuses in particular on psychoanalytic, systemic and attachment theory approaches to the question of 'belonging': can these children allow themselves to belong to their new families, and also can these new families allow themselves to belong to these children? Highly innovative clinical work with these children in various settings is discussed alongside chapters that provide thought-provoking commentaries from practitioners surveying the often extremely disturbing societal and systemic landscape for the emotional lives of these children.The book is written to be accessible to clinicians, practitioners, researchers, policy advisors and students of all disciplines who have an interest in or brief to work with fostered and adopted children. It is hoped that the book will be used for teaching purposes on courses qualifying professionals across the child development, mental health and social care spectrum.