Games and Activities for Attaching With Your Child.

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GAMES AND ACTIVITIES FORATTACHING WITH YOUR CHILD; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1. Bonds, Attachments, and Play; Attachment defined; Security in attachment; Pleasure, pressures, play, and attachments; Secure attachments-strong, kind, playful parents and confident kids; Creating patterns of security after rocky early years; Wired through our attachments; Attachment and understanding how people think (theory of mind); Emotional "skills" and attachment; Chapter 2. The Value of Play; Play defined; Play and your child's development; The importance of play for parents; Let's be playful.

Connecting Through GamesChapter 3. Connecting the Two of You; Infants and Toddlers; Age 3 to 5 [AQ]; Age 5 and Up; Chapter 4. Connecting the Whole Family; Infants and Toddlers; Age 3 and Up; Chapter 5. Connecting Siblings; Age 3 and up; Chapter 6. Activities to Help with Mood and Flexibility; All ages; Chapter 7. Building Attachment when Children Have Had Exposure to Toxins; Jill Dziko; AGE 5 and up; Infants, toddlers and school age; Addendum: Notes for Professionals; By Jill Dziko; By Julie Fisher; By Laura Stone; Biographies; Blank Page; Resource List.

Packed full of great ideas for fun games and activities, this book encourages positive attachments between a parent or carer and their child. When it comes to choosing the best games to play with children who have difficulties attaching, it is often hard to know how to play with a purpose. This book contains fun, age-appropriate games along with an explanation of why they matter. All the games included are designed for specific age ranges, from infants to older children, and help to address particular needs in children that are known to affect attachment, including fetal alcohol spectrum diso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-163).

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