David Shemmings
David Shemmings is Professor of Social Work in the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent. He undertook his PhD in attachment theory, and has spent most of his working life in the field of child protection. David was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in June 2014 for ‘Services to Child Protection’.
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The Simple Guide to Child Trauma
· What is trauma? · How does it affect children? · How can adults help? Providing straightforward answers to these complex questions, The Simple Guide…
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Assessing Disorganized Attachment Behaviour in Children
Assessing Disorganized Attachment Behaviour in Children lays out an evidence-based model for working with and assessing children with disorganized attachment and their adult carers: families…
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Understanding Disorganized Attachment
Disorganized attachment, the most extreme form of insecure attachment, can develop in a child when the person who is normally meant to protect them is…