Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Zombie Ideas Causing Trouble Again

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Recently I came across the term “zombie ideas”. I really don’t remember where it was, so I can’t give due credit to the inventor, but I hav...
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Friday, November 18, 2016

More Queries About Baby Eye Contact

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I think nobody reads instructions! Even though I've asked people not to post queries on my first "eye contact" post, they st...
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Thursday, November 17, 2016

Can Brain Science Help With Practical Decisions about Child Welfare, Custody, and Treatment Issues?

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In the last week or two, I’ve come across several situations where neuroscience is referenced as helping provide understanding of intervent...
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Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Traits: Something to Think About When You're Worried about RAD

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I’ve pointed out again and again that Reactive Attachment Disorder in children is not characterized by aggressive or hostile behavior, by l...
Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Blinding Them with Science: The Epigenetics Issue

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The idea of epigenetic factors—events that shape the ways genetic material is expressed in the developing individual—goes back a long way. ...
Saturday, November 5, 2016

More Parental Alienation: What Are the Characteristics of Rejected Parents?

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Internet sites focused on “parental alienation” (PA) during high-conflict divorces give vivid descriptions of the behavior and moods of chi...
Friday, November 4, 2016

When "Spirituality" Is Confused with Primitive Superstition

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In a proceeding presently underway in Fort Collins, Colorado, Leah and Doug Dyer are being tried on charges of child abuse because of the h...
Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Another License Revoked, But Nancy Thomas Opens a Helpful Door

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A few months ago, I recounted on this blog the story of one Debra “Kali” Miller, an Oregon psychologist whose license was revoked following...
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Monday, September 19, 2016

When Threats Substitute for Therapy

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Changing oneself through legitimate psychotherapies can be hard work – work of the kind that adults can decide to do, but work that most ch...
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

If It's Not RAD, What Is It? Disturbing and Aggressive Child Behavior

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For some years now, this blog has featured correspondents and me going around in circles about Reactive Attachment Disorder. I comment that...
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