Attachment Disorder

Nancy Thomas Parenting - Non-profit organization offering information, resources, and help for those working with or parenting emotionally disturbed children suffering from attachment disorder. Find a schedule of seminars and training sessions, or purchase a book.

St. Louis Attachment Network - Information and support for families and professionals regarding the promotion of healthy bonding and attachment. Find a meeting schedule for the St. Louis, Missouri area, as well as a list of speakers and topics.

Attachment Disorder Site - Provides information and support to persons dealing with attachment disorder and the many related problems that these children face. Also includes information on parenting, treatment, and school issues.

Hudson Valley Family Attachments - Florida, New York. Counseling, support and advocacy services for adoptive, foster and kinship families, specializing in attachment disorders and PTSD.

Kansas ATTACh - Providing information on treatment, resources, and parenting.

Attachment Disorder Help: Dianne C. Kuchlak, MSS, LSW - An Exton, Pennsylvania psychotherapist and adoptive parent specializing in attachment therapy. Includes a description of services available.

Beatitude House - An Evergreen, Colorado ministry that seeks to bring God's healing to Christian adoptive families who are struggling with attachment disorder.

ATTACh of Central Texas - Local affiliate of the national ATTACh. Includes a schedule of workshops and instructions for arranging specialized attachment training.

Hope to Tell - Informative links and a personal story of one family who has a little girl with attachment disorder.

Fighting to be a Family - A narrative of one family's struggle with attachment disorder, by Lilly W. Heyen.

The Attachment Center West - A Santa Ana, California center providing professional support and treatment for children with reactive attachment disorder. Find information about attachment, a schedule of events, and directions to the facility.

Center For Family Development - A Williamsville, New York center for the treatment of reactive attachment disorder, offering two week intensives, and evaluations for adopted and foster children.

Michigan Attachment Coalition - Resource group providing treatment, education and training for adoptive families and attachment professionals.

The Attachment Disorder Support Group (ADSG) - Promoting the education and understanding of reactive attachment disorder and providing support to those parents tasked with the journey of raising children with special needs.

RadKid.Org: Reactive Attachment Disorder - Find information, ideas, and support for parents and caregivers of children with detachment disorder. Includes a support forum and a resource directory for childhood behavioral issues.

Dr. Ronald S. Federici - An author and a developmental neuropsychologist, based in Alexandria, Virginia and specializing in the treatment of children with attachment disorder, including international adoptees.

Martha G. Welch Center for Family Treatment - A Stamford, Connecticut center using regulatory bonding therapy used as a treatment for children with attachment disorder. Find a description of services available, as well as forum areas for parents and therapists.

The PA Attachment Disorder Support Group - Find a schedule of meetings for support groups meeting in West Chester and Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Also includes information about common signs, causes, and therapy for the disorder.

Cascade Center for Family Growth - Long standing treatment facility specializing in attachment disorder. Located in North Orem, Utah.

Evergreen Psychotherapy Center: Attachment Treatment and Training Institute - Evergreen, Colorado center for the treatment of children with attachment disorder as well as the training of parents and therapists concerned with the disorder. Purchase books and tapes, or find a schedule of training seminars. Download an application.

Heal The Hearts Foundation - Advocate group that provides the public with information, parents with support, resources, and scholarships for reactive attachment disorder therapy.

Wisconsin Attachment Resource Network - A non-profit organization dedicated to statewide education on child attachment issues. Find information about child attachment, attachment disorder, as well as parenting and bonding techniques. Includes local news and events.

Wat Nu? - Belgian group for parents of children with reactive attachment disorder, including basic information about the disorder in multiple languages.

Bonding and Attachment in Maltreated Children - Consequences of Emotional Neglect in Childhood. Developed by the ChildTrauma Academy, this booklet is devised to assist parents, caregivers, teachers and various professionals working with maltreated and traumatized children. By Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. [PDF] (October, 1999)

Evergreen Consultants In Human Behavior - An Evergreen, Colorado center for the treatment of attachment disorder. Find a description of the disorder, including a symptom checklist, and articles on the subject. Purchase informational videos and books, or download an application packet.

The Love and Logic Institute, Inc. - Offers parenting strategies that can be utilized with children with attachment disorder. Purchase books, or find a schedule of seminars.

The Little Prince - Articles, resources, and links to therapists and treatment programs.

Trauma and Attachment - Symptoms and causes of attachment disorder. (September 8, 1997)

Attach-China - Provided by a mother whose child is healing from attachment disorder. Includes articles on attachment issues and suggestions for parenting children with detachment issues.

Missing Out On Early Attachments: The Long-term Effects, Part 1 - Article describes the importance of early attachment and the effects of damaged attachments. (May 30, 1998)

Correlation Between Reactive Attachment Disorder and Bipolar Disorder - Article by John F. Alston, M.D. (December 1, 1996)

The Enemy Within - An article by Linda Ann Smith on the subject, offering insight into attachment disorder with regard to school issues and symptoms in infants and toddlers.

Association for Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children - ATTACh is an international coalition of parents and professional involved with children who have attachment difficulties. The organization is dedicated in promoting the identification of attachment issues, and effective interventions and treatments.

Attachment and Bonding Center of Ohio - Cleveland, Ohio. Assessment and treatment of child-parent bonding problems. Training for parents. Special emphasis on adoptive families.

Kuddle Kids - Information and techniques that help in the day to day parenting of children with attachment disorder. Includes techniques to facilitate attachment and bonding.

Attachment Disorder Network - A national support group serving children and families affected by the disorder and related issues. Includes newsletter, live chat and explanatory articles. Based in Overland Park, Kansas, USA.

Family Attachment Center of Minnesota - A Deephaven, Minnesota center for the treatment of attachment issues. Includes a description of the therapies and programs available, and find information about placement evaluations and parenting techniques.

Treatment of Attachment Disorder by Joanne May, Eden Prairie - Treatment approach including EMDR. (April 27, 1996)

Villa Santa Maria - Cedar Crest, New Mexico. Residential community specializing in the clinical treatment of children and families of children who are suffering from attachment disorders.

Daniel A. Hughes, Ph.D. - South China, Maine trauma/attachment therapist who trains professionals and parents to work with attachment disordered children. Find a description of his treatment and parenting model, a schedule of training sessions, and a description of his books.

Child Trauma Academy - A not-for-profit organization based in Houston, Texas. The mission of the Academy is to help improve the lives of traumatized and maltreated children and their families. Educational and research material is available on site.

Institute for Children and Families - Areas of expertise at the West Chester, Pennsylvania institute are reactive attachment disorder, PTSD, ADHD, adoption issues, pediatric trauma and sexual abuse, childhood anxiety and depression.

Forest Cottage Centre - Resources, information newsletters and teleclasses dealing with attachment disorder. Fort St. John, British Columbia.

Alaska Attachment and Bonding Associates - A non-profit Wasilla, Alaska association providing advocacy through education for youth with attachment disorder. Find membership information, legislative issues, and a description of the organization's platform.

Reactive Attachment Disorder - It's Time To Understand - A self-guided primer for the understanding and treatment of attachment disorder, with speaker's notes.

RAD-UK - Register your child, and help create the only database of children with reactive attachment disorder in the United Kingdom.

Diane Feinberg, M.Ed. - Attachment Therapy Specialist - Treatment and training for reactive attachment disorder through corrective attachment therapy. Find a description of services, including eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.

Institute for Attachment & Child Development - Evergreen, Colorado. Nonprofit treatment center for children with attachment disorder. Find basic information on the disorder, a description of clinical services available, including a training institute. Purchase books and tapes.

The Attachment and Bonding Center of PA - With clinical offices in Warminster, Pennsylvania, offers therapy services, support and information on the subject of reactive attachment disorder.

Missing Out On Early Attachments: The Longterm Effects, Part 2 - Article describes the importance of early attachment and the effects of damaged attachments. (May 30, 1998)

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