Are naughty children actually DAMP?
One in 20 children, mistakenly thought of as naughty and out of control, may actually be suffering from a syndrome which psychiatrists have labelled DAMP, a cocktail of hyperactivity, a lack of attention and clumsiness.

Made to love
Kate Hilpern on a pioneering project that, for 20 years, has been helping children with attachment disorder - link to article in The Guardian July 11, 2001

Secrets and lies...
It now accepted good practice that children should be told that they are adopted - but a report by an adoption helpline has revealed that many adoptive parents are still shying away from telling their children about their past.

Easing troubled minds
A report into how a pioneering early intervention scheme is helping to prevent youngsters with emotional and behavioural problems - often those in care - from developing into disturbed teenagers.

Attachment Disorder Adoption-net's guide to one of the most common problems affecting an adopted or fostered child.

The girl who was loved to death
The disturbing story of the death of Candace Newmaker the 10-year-old girl who died after a rebirthing ritual, casts doubt on the validity of such therapies as a way of helping adopted children bond with their new parents.

When the going gets tough
Many children who are fostered - and also some who are adopted - are described as having "challenging behaviour". What it that? And what are you supposed to do about it? Radhika Holmstrom found out.

Staying calm and easing stress
Two psychologists in Gloucestershire believe they have designed a unique service that is specifically tailored to the particular needs of families trying to parent a damaged child.

Surviving adoption Professor Susan Golombok writes about to survive the delicate relationship between child and adoptive parents

When things start going wrong
Marion Hundleby's paper on the Project 16-18 which looked at why adoptions break down


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