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Attachment & Trauma: Books
The first resource "The Connected Child" is the primary resource we use at Family Ties Counseling, Inc. and it is highly recommended to purchase both the book, and watch the videos listed in the Video segment on this website. Chapter four is offered free as a place to start.
Chapter Four of “The Connected Child” is free on their website: Chapter 4: http://child.tcu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/The-Connected-Child-Chapter-Four.pdf
The Connected Child - Karyn Purvis & David Cross
http://www.amazon.com/The-Connected-Child-healing-adoptive/dp/0071475001
Additional Reading on Attachment and Trauma
The Whole Brain Child - Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson
Parenting From The Inside Out - Daniel J. Siegel & Mary Hartzell
Help for parents that need to understand how their personal history impacts their parenting and attachment start.
Raising A Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child's Attachement, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore.
Helpful for understanding how to help a child manage their emotions, and also have limits and boundaries.
Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting.
Great resource to learn how to deal with behaviors without yelling, while building bonds and connection.
The Boy who was raised as a dog - Bruce Perry
Regarding the long-term effects of trauma and abuse.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Boy-Raised-Psychiatrists-Notebook-What/dp/0465056539
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Very helpful read to understand the the science of how trauma impacts the body and relationship. A must read if you are in a relationship with someone with significant trauma.
http://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0670785938
I Love You Rituals by Rebecca Ann Bailey
Activities for parents and their children that build attachment.
The Out-of-Sync Child by Carol Kranowitz
Information and practical interventions for parents, teachers, and mental health care professionals who provide services for children with
sensory integration issues.
http://www.amazon.com/Out-Sync-Child-Carol-Kranowitz/dp/0399531653
Help For Billy – Heather Forbes: http://www.amazon.com/Help-Billy-Consequences-Challenging-Classroom/dp/B00GJZ3YJ4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453954033&sr=8-1&keywords=Help+for+Billy+-+A+Beyond+Consequences+Approach+to+Helping+Challenging+Children+in+the+Classroom.+By%3A+Heather+T.+Forbes%2C+LCSW
Love Me, Feed Me: The Adoptive Parent's Guide to Ending the Worry About Weight, Picky Eating, Power Struggles and More
Information for deal with children with eating struggles.
http://www.amazon.com/Love-Me-Feed-Adoptive-Struggles/dp/0615691315/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453265752&sr=8-1&keywords=Love+me+feed+me
The Expolsive Child: A New Approach for Understanding Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
Helpful read to understand the inner dynamics a relational needs of the expolisive and volatile child.
Trying Differently Rather Than Harder: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Perfect Paperback – Diane Malbin, MSW: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0972953205
Hold On to your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers.
Helping understand the deep need for parent/child relationship in the tween and teen years.