Dawn Choate Healing Hannah: Attachment & Bonding

Last evening we did an online course called Healing Hannah: Attachment & Bonding. The woman, Dawn Choate, who did the talk had serious attachment issues of an extreme nature on the spectrum with her daughter Hannah. She adopted two daughters from China and they are Hannah and then Maggie. Maggie is older than Hannah but she was adopted second and I think special needs. Dawn feels that Hannah had been abused and she was therefore hard to bond with and would scream, bite (to draw blood) and let out God forsaken wails. It is likely the girl had PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). The talk was someone scary for a future parents like me. Steve was also lying on the floor with the phone pressed to his ear. Here are some resources for attachment & bonding. Child Trauma Academy (offers online courses as well as articles and other resources). Attach-China web group (also offers many great articles and resources), Good page of resources: http://attachment.adoption.com/
A 4 Ever Family (a really great list of resources, checklists on symptoms, bonding activites, etc. http://a4everfamily.org/
Book: "Attaching in Adoption" by Deborah Gray, "The Post Adoption Blues" by Karen Foli and John Thompson. Cool and beautiful Choate family website: http://www.babyjellybeans.com