1. Introduction to Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up
2. Attachment
3. Development of the ABC Intervention
4. ABC for High-Risk Birth Parents
5. ABC for Foster Parents
6. ABC for Parents Adopting Internationally
7. ABC for Parents of Toddlers
8. The Evidence Base for ABC
9. Intervention Fidelity
10. Disseminating ABC
11. Other Interventions Targeting Sensitive Parenting
12. Power of Two
13. Fostering Relationships, with Caroline K. P. Roben
14. Future Directions
Mary Dozier, PhD, is Unidel Amy E. du Pont Endowed Chair and
Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of
Delaware. She studies the development of young children in foster
care and young children living with neglectful birth parents,
examining challenges in attachment and regulatory capabilities.
Along with her graduate students and research team, she developed
the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC) parenting program
for parents of vulnerable infants. Through randomized clinical
trials, ABC has been demonstrated to be effective in enhancing
parental sensitivity and children’s behavioral and biological
functioning. At the University of Delaware, Dr. Dozier has been
named the Francis Alison Professor, the university's highest
faculty honor. She has also received the Translational Research
Award from the International Congress on Infant Studies and the
Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution in
Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society from
the American Psychological Association.
Kristin Bernard, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology and
Director of the Developmental Stress and Prevention Lab at Stony
Brook University. As a graduate student, Dr. Bernard worked with
Mary Dozier on the development and evaluation of Attachment and
Biobehavioral Catch-Up (ABC), and delivered the intervention as a
parent coach. She continues to collaborate with Dr. Dozier and her
team on evaluations of ABC's efficacy and is leading dissemination
efforts in New York City in collaboration with Power of Two and the
Administration for Children’s Services. Dr. Bernard is a recipient
of the Early Career Award for Outstanding Contributions to Benefit
Children, Youth, and Families from the American Psychological
Association.
"This wonderful book is a true gift to the fields of child mental
health and early intervention. The ABC program for supporting
struggling parents is theoretically rooted and evidence based. It
is a model of how to move from research to application. With
excellent writing and numerous rich case examples, the book gives
the reader an understanding of how the intervention works, its
rationale, and the ample evidence supporting its effectiveness. It
is remarkable to find a body of work that is of such great
significance both practically and theoretically."--L. Alan Sroufe,
PhD, William Harris Professor of Child Development, University of
Minnesota
“Dozier and Bernard have devised a wonderful, completely original
technique for interventions in parenting. Their ABC intervention
allows the clinician to be present in the home, to capture
relationship difficulties and problematic parenting behaviors at
the very moment they occur, and to be fully supportive. Parents
respond to this intervention within weeks. The book presents both
empirical findings and case studies that show that ABC works. I was
a foster care worker before becoming a developmental
psychologist--I only wish this book had been available then!"--Mary
Main, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of California,
Berkeley
"Case studies of parents and infants draw the reader in to
understanding the development of ABC and how it has been carefully
evaluated over several decades. This highly readable book is
essential for clinicians working with families of young children,
researchers working with foster care or adoptive families, and
students of attachment and human development. In my view, the ABC
program sets the gold standard for conceptualization, development,
and implementation of an important program that works. Dozier and
Bernard's book pulls everything together into one place; this will
be a valuable resource for clinicians, faculty, and students for
years to come. It contributes strongly to university-level
coursework in psychology, social work, psychiatry, and family
therapy."--Harold D. Grotevant, PhD, Rudd Family Foundation Chair
in Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
"In this masterful volume, the authors provide a clear, compelling
description of ABC, a well-studied and important intervention for
infants, toddlers, and their parents. Numerous clinical vignettes
vividly illustrate the techniques and their applications. A
translational tour de force, this book is a gem for practitioners,
investigators, and policymakers."--Charles H. Zeanah, Jr., MD, Mary
Peters Sellars-Polchow Chair in Psychiatry and Professor of
Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine
"This is a fabulous book--instructive, insightful, and inspiring.
It makes complex ideas related to attachment and behavior
regulation understandable, and engages readers with concrete
examples of coaches working with families. The book shows how a
strong system of supports assures that ABC coaches have the ‘can
do’ and the ‘will do’ to deliver the intervention faithfully. I’m
eager to use this book with my graduate students in the classroom,
in seminars, and in special studies to teach the principles of
theory-based intervention development, implementation, adaptation,
and scale-up."--Anne K. Duggan, ScD, The Johns Hopkins University
Bloomberg School of Public Health
"As a leader of a national advocacy group, I am always looking for
ways to educate our staff and the systems we work with about
meeting the special needs of infants and young children who have
experienced trauma. Not only does this book describe a highly
effective program, but it also provides background on early
childhood development and the impact of adverse experiences, and
honestly discusses challenges in implementation. ABC provides a
model for those of us attempting innovative systems
change."--Carole Shauffer, MEd, JD, Senior Director, Youth Law
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