Niels P. Rygaard – författare

It is a guide trying to answer some of the common questions puzzling people working with children and juveniles suffering from Attachment Disorder: – Why is there an increasing number of AD children? – What are the causes of an AD development in children? – What can you do to prevent an AD development, or to reduce the symptoms and consequences?

Die Fähigkeit zur Bindung entwickelt sich in einem Zeitfenster von der Geburt bis etwa zum dritten Lebensjahr. 3-5% aller Kinder haben Anzeichen einer schweren Störung der Bindungsfähigkeit, die oft zu antisozialem und kriminellem Verhalten führt. Basierend auf seiner langjährigen theoretischen und praktischen Erfahrung hat Dr. Rygaard ein Handbuch verfasst, das Psychologen, Ärzten, Betreuern und Pflegeeltern das theoretische Verständnis als auch das praktische Rüstzeug für die tägliche Praxis liefert.Anhand vieler lebensnaher Falldarstellungen wird der Leser Schritt für Schritt in die interdisziplinären Grundlagen, die klassischen Symptome der gestörten Bindungsfähigkeit, die Vorbeugemaßnahmen und die Behandlung während der verschiedenen Lebensabschnitte eingeführt. Wichtige Kapitel widmen sich den Fragen der Adoption, des schwierigen Schulkindes, des sexuellen Missbrauchs, der persönlichen Entwicklung der Betreuer und den Vorschlägen für die Gestaltung des therapeutischen Milieus und des Teamworks.

everyday examples are used to illustrate symptoms, theory and practice. If I have succeeded, the contents should not be difficult to understand, whereas working with the AD child in practice is a constant challenge to your convictions and responsibility. It is a guide trying to answer some of the common questions puzzling people working with children and juveniles suffering from Attachment Disorder: – Why is there an increasing number of AD children? – What are the causes of an AD development in children? – How does AD show in behavior and personality? – How do you practice treatment or therapy at different devel- ment stages during childhood? – What can you do to prevent an AD development, or to reduce the symptoms and consequences? – What happens to people, groups and organizations working with these children? – How do you develop and maintain your therapeutic attitude and the structure of treatment? First, let me give you a short introduction to the problem of AD in general. What is “attachment”? In brief, the theory of attachment was developed from 1950 and onwards by John Bowlby (1969, 1973, 1988). Bowlby suggested early attachment (0–3 years) as an inborn behavior program in primates and especially humans. Bowlby’s main idea was that the attachment behavioral system had evolved to increase the likelihood of the infant’s protection and survival.

The fourth book in the UN book series Behavioral Science in the Global Arena is entitled Children Around the World: The Future of Our Earth continues the focus on issues of major international importance. This book is based on these three principles 1) Focus on most important pressing issues, 2) is multidiscipline with authors who are psychologists, social workers, medical doctors, and NGO leaders, and 3) Chapters are co-authored by well-known experts and new professionals or graduate students.Children were chosen as the focus as over 30% of the people in our world are children. This book looks at major macro trends affecting children as well as interventions that have been used to address problems that children face. Topics that are addressed include the UN Convention on Children, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) that support children, and development issues like pre and post-natal health, family systems, gender roles, and puberty/adolescent issues. Attention is given to major risk factors and challenges such as sex trafficking, child labor, street children, protecting children in congregate care, and violence against children in the home, in institutions, and in the community. This book closes with a look at the most serious future challenges for children including literacy, migration, and mental health issues.This book is designed for faculty and students, as well as professionals who want to learn more about the type and severity of problems affecting children as well as positive interventions that have been used to address these problems.