RE: Foster Care

["Boris, Neil W" <nboris@xxxxxxxxxx>]

There is a nice chapter in a 2005 book entitled Psychological Issues in
Adoption edited by Brodzinsky et al by Jill Hodges and colleagues...the
chapter is entitled "Change and continuity in mental representations of
attachment after adoption."  

I would be wary of any source that says the "ability to form
attachments" is limited by foster placement, especially positive foster
placements...Bowlby might have argued that the reverse is more likely
(eg., secure attachment in one setting makes it more likely that secure
attachment with another caregiver would follow)...this does not mean
that disrupting a secure attachment is not painful for all involved,
however.

Neil Boris, MD
Associate Professor
Tulane University SPHTM
Institute for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
www.infantinstitute.org
 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu
[mailto:owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu] On Behalf Of
Bracher, Amelie
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 12:28 PM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: RE: Foster Care

Bonnie,

I'm currently beginning to write a court report about exactly your
question and would love it if you would share any responses.  I'm happy
to share any research I should come across as well. 

Amelie

Amelie N. Bracher, MA
Mental Health Clinician,
Kempe Under Sixes Program
The Kempe Center for the Prevention 
and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect
1825 Marion St.
Denver, CO 80218
Ph: (303) 864-5204
Fax: (303) 864-5596 
http://kempecenter.org
http://www.uchsc.edu/peds/subs/kempe/index.htm

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu
[mailto:owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu] On Behalf Of
Bonnie Ciambotti
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 1:03 PM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: Foster Care

I am new to the group and hope my questions are appropriate for its 
purposes. I am an MSW student at Boston University. I am interested in
the 
following question.

Is there any research that has studied the ability of foster children to

form attachments with adoptive parents if healthy attachments with 
long-term foster parents/families are severed?

thank you,
Bonnie Ciambotti

  


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