Child Health- Intro Flashcards
What is the difference between attachment and bonding?
Attachment: Baby’s emotional bond w/ parent/ caregiver
Bonding: Caregivers emotional relationship w/ baby
What is 1001 critical days?
Period between: Conception to 2yrs
Importnant for building optimal security & healthy brain development
When is the human brain most adaptable?
First 2yrs of life
What are the different attachment classifications?
Group B: Secure Attachment
Group A: Insecure- Avoidant
Group C: Insecure- Resistant/ Ambivalent
Group D: Disorganised
What is Group A attachemnt?
When does this occur in infants? And Mother’s Responsivness? What is it characterised by?
What is the Child’s General State?
What does the infant believe?
Insecure- Avoidant Attachement
Occurs: When infant has parents who discourage overt signs of either affection or distress & do not readily offer sympathy or comfort.
Characterised: Minimal expressions of emotion in that parents
Mother’s Responsivness: Disengaged, Dismissing, Punitive
- Child’s State:* Not very explorative, Emotionally Distant, Down regulates in time of stress to remain close
- Infant believes:* Subconsciously thinks- needs will not be met
What is Group D Attachment?
When does this occur?
What is the parent unable to do?
Mother’s Responsivness?
What is the characterisitics of the baby?
What does the infant believe?
Disorganised Attachment
Develops when the parent has so many unresolved emotional issues from own past they have no mental space left for baby
- Characteristics:* Parent unable to sooth, comfort or contain their disressed or anxious infant
- Mother’s Responsivness: Atypical, Frightening, Anomalous*
- Infant Characterisitcs:* Depressed, Angry, Passive, Non-responsive
- Infant belief/ fulfillment of child’s needs:* Severley confused w/ no stratergy to have needs met
What is Group B attachment?
What is the responsivness of the care giver?
What is the state of being of the child?
What does the infant believe/ fulfillment of the childs needs?
Secure attachement
- Responsivness:* Quick, Sensitive, Consistent
- State of being:* Secure, Explorative, Happy
- Infant Beliefs:* Believes and trust their needs will be met
What is Group C attachment?
What is the responsivness of the care giver?
What is the state of being of the child?
What does the infant believe/ fulfillment of the childs needs?
Insecure- Resistant/ Anxious Attachment
Responsivness: Inconsistent, Erratic, Intrusive
State of being: Anxious, Clingy, Demanding, Angry. Up-regulated in times of stress to maintain closeness
Infant Beliefs: Cannot rely on needs being met
