Adoption-specific therapy in practice

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Waterman, Jill, 1945- presenter.

American Psychological Association, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adopted children.

Behavior therapy for children.

Adopted children--Counseling of.

Child, Adopted.

Psychotherapy.

Problem Behavior.

Medical Subjects:

Child, Adopted.

Psychotherapy.

Problem Behavior.

Genre:

Nonfiction films

Educational films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 streaming video file (89 min., 55 sec.))

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] American Psychological Association [2023]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

video file

Summary:

The process for adopting children, especially older children, can often bring a mix of feelings for both parents and child: happiness, anxiety, confusion, sadness and loss, and children may experience significant behavioral and emotional distress. Adoptive families can be helped by adoption-specific therapy that takes into account the child's past trauma and placement history, recognizing that current behavioral issues may have been adaptive in a previous traumatic, chaotic, or neglectful context. In this program, Dr. Jill Waterman demonstrates the initial parent session of ADAPT, a manualized therapeutic approach that combines evidence-based treatments for children and families with best practices from the attachment and adoption literature. In ADAPT, both parents and children are seen for treatment individually and jointly. In this video, Dr. Waterman demonstrates this approach with a young mother who has a 5-year-old adopted son. Before the demonstration, Dr. Jill Waterman answers some questions about her approach from a student panel. After the demonstration, Dr. Jill Waterman presents some clips to the panel, and answers further questions from them

Notes:

Recording date: 2017-09-20

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Access Restriction:

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