by Terry Levy | Feb 16, 2016 | Adoption, Parenting
The adoptive family is a system built upon “necessary losses.” Experiences of separation and loss are fundamental to all members of the adoption triad. The child has lost his or her original bond with birth mother and early attachment to birth parents or other...
by Terry Levy | Feb 11, 2016 | Adoption, Attachment
Although many children with an attachment disorder are adopted, not all adopted children have attachment problems. Many children, if adopted early into safe and loving families, will develop secure attachments to their adopted parents and live healthy, productive...
by Terry Levy | Feb 4, 2016 | Attachment, Parenting
The principal developmental task of the first year of life is the establishment of a secure attachment between infant and primary caregiver. In order for this bond of emotional communication to develop the caregiver must be psychologically and biologically attuned to...
