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Title

Healthy attachments and neuro-dramatic-play / Sue Jennings ; foreword by Dennis McCarthy ; afterword by Mooli Lahad ; illustrated by Chloe Gerhardt.

Author

Jennings, Sue, 1938-

Publication

London ; Philadelphia, PA : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, c2011.

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Additional Authors

Gerhardt, Chloe.

Description

272 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

• In this book. Sue Jennings describes her groundbreaking theory of Neuro-Dramatic-Play. According to this theory, the foundation for a secure attachment is formed by a mother's playfulness with her baby during pregnancy and the first six months of life. Highly recommended!'-Charles E. Schaefer, Ph. D. RPT-S. Professor Emeritus, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck., NJ, and Co-founder and Director of the Association for Play Therapy. Clovis, CA.
• Breaking new ground in the areas of attachment and child development. Sue Jennings introduces the concept of ̀Neuro-Dramatic-Play'. exploring the sensory experiences that take place between mother and child during pregnancy and the first few months after birth. She explains how this interaction, which is essentially ̀dramatic' in nature, is of crucial importance for the infant to develop a healthy brain, strong attachments and future resilience.
• Based on sound experience and observation, this book consolidates current theories of neuroscience, attachment and therapeutic intervention, and challenges commonly-held psychoanalytic ideas of child development. By expanding on the often narrow view of what is understood by attachment, this book makes a strong case for early years inclusion of play and arts therapies. Neuro-Dramatic-Play is also discussed in relation to fostering and adoption, teenagers and young adults, and children with developmental or cognitive disabilities.
• This accessible text will interest all therapists and practitioners who work with children and teenagers, including child psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers, paediatric and perinatal nurses, paediatricians, child psychiatrists and play and arts therapists, and post-graduate students. --Book Jacket.

Subject

• Play > Psychological aspects
• Attachment behavior in infants
• Infants > Development
• Attachment behavior
• Play therapy
• Child development
• Object Attachment
• Adolescent
• Child
• Infant
• Parent-Child Relations
• Play Therapy
• Child Development

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: Neuro-Dramatic -Play -- Its Roots in Attachment and Play, Theatre and Ritual -- 1. NDP -- Definitions and Theories -- 2. NDP and Attachment -- 3. NDP -- Play and Play Therapy -- 4. NDP, Pregnancy and Birth -- 5. NDP Childbirth and The First Six Months -- 6. NDP and Resilience and Empathy -- 7. NDP and Children with Attachment Needs -- 8. NDP in Fostering and Adoption -- 9. NDP with Teenagers and Young Adult -- 10. NDP and Children on the Autistic Spectrum -- 11. NDP and Children with Learning Difficultie -- 12. NDP for Practitioners -- Appendix 1 -- NDP -- 6 Months Before and After Play -- Appendix 2 -- Embodiment-Projection-Role (0-7 years).

ISBN

• 9781849050142 (alk. paper)
• 1849050147 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2010020288

OCLC

351329699

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library