Aggressive, violent and antisocial behaviour in children and adolescents is a growing concern across the globe. Targeting parent-teen relationships is critical in reducing problem behaviour. "Connect" is a manualized ten-week program for parents or alternative caregivers of at-risk teens that focuses on the building blocks of secure attachment:…

Data about the quality of attachment between infants and parents in high-risk populations suggests that early intervention may be advantageous for positive developmental outcomes for the child. Mothers in prison represent a high-risk parenting population in terms of both attachment histories and economic and social risk factors. New Beginnings was…

This book is a collection of six theoretical and practice oriented papers on issues related to the problems of intervention in the social development of young children. Topics dealt with in the papers are: mother-child interaction in day care and home reared children; the history, function and sequelae of a form of reunion behavior following…