Dr. Patti M. Zordich presents vital information about the effects of attachment trauma on children. Armed with these parenting tools, adoptive parents are better equipped to help their adopted child heal their attachment trauma wounds and decrease problem behaviors.

1. New Foundations for Parenting an Orphaned Child Presented by Patti M. Zordich, Ph.D., Author of Gotcha! Welcoming Your Adopted Child Home © Patti M. Zordich, Ph.D., [email_address] , NewAdoptionResources. com

2. Expectations that needs will be met Trust & Security How to Build a Secure Attachment c Patti M. Zordich, Ph.D. ©Patti M. Zordich, Ph.D. Attachment System Activated Sensitive & Responsive Parenting Attachment Behaviors: Proximity/contact Attachment System De-activated (until next stressor) Stress

3. Creating Corrective Attachment Experiences Social Control Nurturing ©Patti M. Zordich, Ph.D. © Patti M. Zordich, Ph.D. Behavior Relaxation Need Intervention

4. Continuum of Adaptive Response to Threat Perry, B.D., et. al. (1995). Childhood trauma, the neurobiology of adaptation, and "use-dependent" development of the brain: How "states" become "traits. Infant Mental Health Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4, Winter 1995. Sense of Time Extended Future Days Hours Hours Minutes Minutes Seconds No Sense Of Time Arousal Continuum REST VIGILANCE RESISTANCE Crying DEFIANCE Tantrums AGGRESSION Dissociative Continuum REST AVOIDANCE COMPLIANCE Robotic DISSOCIATION Fetal Rocking FAINTING NEOCORTEX Cortex Regulating Brain Region CORTEX Limbic LIMBIC Midbrain MIDBRAIN Brainstem BRAINSTEM Autonomic Cognitive Style ABSTRACT CONCRETE EMOTIONAL REACTIVE REFLECTIVE Internal State CALM AROUSAL ALARM FEAR TERROR