Reassessing attachment theory in child welfare / Sue White, Matthew Gibson, David Wastell and Patricia Walsh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Susan, 1961- author.

Gibson, Matthew (Lecturer in social policy and social work), author.

Wastell, David, author.

Walsh, Patricia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare--Great Britain.

Child welfare.

Social service--Great Britain.

Social service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 163 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2020.

Summary:

This book offers an analysis and summary of the uses, abuses and limitations of attachment theory in contemporary child welfare practice. Analysing the primary science and drawing on the authors' original empirical work, the book shows how attachment theory can distort and influence decision-making. It argues that the dominant view of attachment theory may promote a problematic diagnostic mindset, whilst undervaluing the enduring relationships between children and adults. The book concludes that attachment theory can still play an important role in child welfare practice, but the balance of the research agenda needs a radical shift towards a sophisticated understanding of the realities of human experience to inform ethical practice.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

List of figures, table and box

About the authors

Acknowledgements

Preface: becoming attached to attachment theory

Love is a wondrous state: origins and early debates

Social work and the attachment story: a felicitous bond?

Shaping practice: prescribing assessment

Practising attachment theory in child welfare

Exhibiting disorganised attachment: not even wrong?

Breaking the back of love: attachment goes neuro-molecular

Coda: love reawakened?

References

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Mar 2021).

ISBN:

9781447336952

144733695X

9781447336969

1447336968

9781447336938

1447336933

OCLC:

1280912221