RESOURCES

Articles Authored by Leanne:

Plan B: Decision Making Factors in Residential
​Treatment Placement

Placing a child with attachment struggles out of the home can be one of the most difficult and emotional times for any adoptive or foster parent.  Here are answers for some of the questions parents have in the process. ​

Shame and Teens

Often times parents will hear over and over again, "He's just being defiant" and you need to give him more consequences to stop these behaviors. But that doesn't look at the whole picture and what the true cause of their behaviors might be. Shame is often the hidden factor for most defiance/acting out in adoptive and foster teens.​

Articles about Social Media: 

WSJ: The Impacts of Social
Media on Teens

Teens increasingly measure and
manage their social success online-
and it may be taking a toll on
​their mental health.

WSJ: How Tech Experts Monitor
Their Teens on Social Media 

How can parents keep up with smartphones? Tech executives take various approaches to managing
​their children's social-media use. 

Counseling Today: Blogging as
​a Tool for Anxiety

Despite the dark side of the Internet, new research found that spending
​time online is not always mentally and emotionally hazardous for adolescents. 

My Teen Won’t Get Out of Bed:
7 Reasons Why and 10 Ways Parents Can Help

Here are some of the most common reasons
why a teen won’t get out of bed.

Adoption/Trauma Related Resources: 
Websites

ATTACh, Association for Training on Trauma and Attachment in Children

 An international coalition of professionals and families dedicated to helping those with attachment difficulties by sharing our knowledge, talents and resources.

NJ ARCH - NJ Adoption
​Clearing House

NJ ARCH is a State-Funded service that provides support to all members of the adoption constellation. Their goal is to direct people to appropriate adoption services in New Jersey. 

Adoption Initiative

The Adoption Initiative seeks to
create a dynamic structure where scholars, professionals, researchers
and other individuals interested in advancing our understanding about
​all the aspects of the adoption experience are brought together.

How to Prepare When Adopted Children Are Ready to Meet
Their Birth Parents

"You want to move slowly," says Hershkowitz. "Even though they are your birth family, you don't actually know them. You want to be careful; not that they're going to hurt you necessarily, but you want to feel safe and comfortable."

Concerned Parents For Adoption (NJ) 

The Coalition unites foster, adoptive and kinship care families, giving them a voice and providing support, information and advocacy.

Attachment & Trauma Network

At the Attachment & Trauma Network, it is their mission to promote healing
of children impacted by trauma
​through supporting their families schools, and communities. 

Psychology Tomorrow: Adolescent Attachment and Religious Rebellion 

It’s not uncommon for adolescents to question religion, especially beliefs taught by their family or culture.

Videos

Trauma & Behavior Overview: Part 1
Trauma & Behavior Overview: Part 2
Trauma & Behavior Overview: Part 3
Trauma & Behavior Overview: Part 4
Dr. Bruce Perry: Trauma & the Brain 
Still Face Experiment – Why Attachment Matters
Health at  Any Size (Weight, Diet & Health - Paradigm Shift)

Coaching Clients in Neurofeedback Sessions:

Healthy Gamer - (Psychiatrist & Gamer - Explores Video Game Addiction): 
​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClHVl2N3jPEbkNJVx-ItQIQ/videos

​CALO Videos: 
 https://www.youtube.com/user/caloteens/videos?view=0&sort=dd&shelf_id=0

My Name is Faith (full length movie):
 http://www.mynameisfaith.com/index.cfm#

Christine Moers, Parent Coach:
 https://www.youtube.com/user/christinemoers

Books

 Creating Loving Attachments
​by Kim S. Golding 

Parenting with PACE
​ to Nurture confidence and security in the troubled child​

Building the Bonds of Attachment
​by Daniel A. Hughes 

Awakening Love
in Deeply
​Troubled Children​

Attachment-Focused Parenting 
by Daniel A. Hughes

 Effective Strategies to Care for Children​

Healing Parents
​by Michael Orlans
and Terry Levy

Helping Wounded Children Learn to
​Trust & Love

Healing The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute

Resolving the Heart
​ of Conflict

Other Resources:

NJ Special Education Information

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