The Teacher's Introduction to Attachment ─ Practical Essentials for Teachers, Carers and School Support Staff

Marshall, a UK coach and trainer who educates teachers about attachment and its implications in the classroom, explains what attachment is, how children develop attachment problems from trauma, and the effects on their social, emotional, and neurological development. She discusses trauma and its causes, attachment theories and styles, brain development, symptoms of attachment difficulties, and guiding principles for working with these children in schools: focusing on relationships over programs, emotional age over chronological age, structured activities over free time, time in over time out, and less sensory stimulation. She also discusses common issues children who have experienced trauma deal with (toxic shame, identity, empathy, trust, control and self-reliance, self-regulation, cause-and-effect thinking, memory and organization skills, and struggling with changes and transitions), as well as triggers, prevention, communication, the importance of learning coping, rewards, and using one's inner and outer resources. Annotation c2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Nicola Marshall is a certified coach and adoptive parent of three. She runs her own training company, BraveHeart Education, which visits schools to educate teachers about attachment and its implications for the classroom www.bravehearteducation.co.uk. Nicola is based in Halesowen, West Midlands, UK.