Table of Contents

General Introduction.- General Introduction.- A.D. Development from Conception to Adulthood.- Causes and Symptoms.- Stages in Self-Organization.- Contact Disruption Before Age 2 — Symptoms of Physical Instability.- Contact Disruption and Nervous System Development.- Abnormal Sensory-Motor Development in the Toddler.- Arrested Emotional Personality Development.- Therapy.- How Can You Practice Milieu Therapy?.- Milieu Therapy During Pregnancy, Birth to Age 3.- Transient Bonding Problems and Attachment Disorder in Adopted Children.- Milieu Therapy for the Preschool Child.- Milieu Therapy for the School Age Child.- The Attachment Disordered Child in the Classroom.- Daily Life in the Family, the Foster Family or the Institution.- Milieu Therapy for the Juvenile.- Attachment Disorder, Sexual Behavior Problems and Sexual Abuse.- Guidelines for Organizing the Therapeutic Milieu.- The Personal Development of the AD Caretaker.- Developing the Professional AD Team.- Methods for the AD Teamwork.

About the Author

Rygaard, Niels Peter/ Clinical Psychologist, specialist approved by DPA (the Danish Psychologist Association)/Private practitioner, m.o. The International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (ISSPD)