TABLE OF CONTENTS -- The significance of attachment relationships -- Attachment theory -- Why interactions matter -- Quality of attachment -- Attachment and resilience -- Attachment relationships through infancy and early childhood -- Infancy: developing trust -- From one to three years: becoming autonomous -- The preschool years: emerging instrumentality -- Attachment and cognitive competence -- Attachment issues -- Separation experiences -- Adult attachment issues -- Cultural perspective on attachment -- When attachment needs are unmet -- Rethinking attachment in early childhood policy and practice
Summary
An examination of the ways in which an understanding of attachment informs good early childhood practice
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Bibliography: pages 233-247
Notes
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