RE: Individual therapy with children of Neglect-Research

There is a wealth of information in:Hibbs,E.D.&Jensen,P.S.,Psyhcosocial Treatments for Child and Adolescent Disorders: Empirically Based Strategies for Clinical Practice,2^nd Ed. APA,2005.

Also see:Fahlberg,V.I,.,A Child’s Journey Through Placement, Perspectives Press,1991.

Michael Karson’s Patterns of Child Abuse,Haworth Press,2001, offers an eye opening discussion of the dysfunction of the “system” in which fosterchildren grow up. An APA psychinfo search with keyword “attachment” will also yield helpful info re: therapy with foster kids.

From: owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of BRubin525@xxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 10:30 AM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: Individual therapy with children of Neglect-Research

Can anyone recommend their favorite resources for the individual treatment of children who've been neglected and have been in foster care for years. Are any treatment approaches empirically validated. I am not looking for systemic interventions necessarily, mostly what is the individual therapy work.

Thanks.

Bart Rubin, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty, Alliant International University
San Francisco Campus
and
Executive Director and Founder
The Family Institute of Pinole
Pinole, CA