Abstract
The current focus of research in the discipline of child and youth development is upon attachment development. In the fields of child and youth care practice, efforts are beginning to apply these recent findings to care approaches. In order to sustain the trend, this article outlines concretely, and step-by-step, a study of attachment development and, subsequently, the application of this knowledge to the day-by-day practice of the care of children and youth having to live away from their families.
Highlights
The following pages serve to familiarize ourselves step-by-step with this psycho-socio knowledge about attachment development
Readers are alerted to the underlying assumption of attachment development: it relates to life development regardless of setting and social labelling
A familiarity with the essence of attachment development is crucial because it has been established that almost all youngsters presently living away from their birth families have inadequate or maladaptive attachments
Summary
The following pages serve to familiarize ourselves step-by-step with this psycho-socio knowledge about attachment development. Potentially solid social contacts emerge within the contemporary social scene where we find, in addition to the immediate family, that other persons may serve as attachment figures: day care workers, teachers, counsellors, neighbours, older peers, and siblings, who take an active interest in the young child (Hawkins, 1993).
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