James L Dickerson, Mardi Allen

Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening

A Professional Guide for Evaluations

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Clinical psychologist Mardi Allen and James Dickerson, a former social worker who has placed hundreds of children into adoptive and foster homes, have combined the best of psychology and social work experience into a definitive guide for screening adoption and foster home applicants.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 345g
• ISBN-13: 9781138988323
• ISBN-10: 1138988324
• Artikelnr.: 44395627

Autorenporträt

Mardi Allen, Ph.D. was the 2002-2003 president of the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB). She earned her doctorate in psychology at the University of Southern Mississippi with an emphasis in Child, Developmental and School Psychology. She is a book reviewer for Contemporary Psychology, a journal published by the American Psychological Association, and she has been published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology. James L. Dickerson, a former public agency social worker, worked to place hundreds of children in foster and adoptive homes over a seven-year period. He later worked in a private agency focusing on international adoptions. He has written about foster and adoptive parenting for professional journals such as the Ontario Journal of Children's Aid Societies. He is also the author of numerous non-fiction books and over 2,000 magazine and newspaper articles.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Theory and Foundation. The Problem. The Language of Affect. Realism
of Affect: Attachment and Esteem. Realism of Emotion: Views of Self and
Other. Mapping the Terrain of the Emotional Relationship. Why Partners
Matter: The Power of Affective Resonance. Why Esteem Matters: The Power of
Shame and Pride. How Emotions Operate: Scripts of Self and Other. Part
II:Clinical Applications. The Core Components of Relationship Problems.
Patterns of Maladative Responses. Identifying the Problem. Establishing
Safety. Maintaining Esteem. Repairing Damaged Esteem. Maintaining
Attachment Security. Healing Attachment Injuries. The Emotional Safety
Model.