Promoting attachments with a wiggle, giggle, hug and tickle : a programme for babies, young children and carers / Fiona Brownlee and Lindsay Norris.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Attachment -- 2. Communication -- 3. Movement -- 4. Sensory -- 5. Play -- 6. Child development (0-2 years) -- 7. Supporting carers -- 8. Running a group -- --

Introduction -- Background -- Outcomes -- Positive feedback -- -- 1. Attachment -- Positive attachment -- Hormones and brain development -- Reading your child -- Empathy -- Negative attachment -- Lasting effects of a negative attachment -- Resilience and emotional stability -- Parent as we have been parented -- How to encourage positive attachments -- Insecure and indiscriminate attachments -- Post-natal depression and attachment -- Adoptive parents, foster carers and attachment -- -- 2. Communication -- Babies want to communicate -- Sign and gesture -- Description of signs -- Rhyme and song -- -- 3. Movement -- The importance of movement -- Tummy time -- Reflexes -- Positions for play -- -- 4. Sensory -- Sensory processing -- Intervention -- Body awareness -- Balance Touch -- -- 5. Play -- The importance of play -- Baby play -- The carer's role in play -- Sign's of readiness to play -- Responsive play -- -- 6. Child development (0-2 years) -- Milestones of child development -- Developmental delay -- Developmental age vs developmental stage -- Physical or learning disability -- Emotional immaturity -- -- 7. Supporting carers -- Be consistent and follow a routine -- Be prepared -- Session structure -- Points to remember -- -- 8. Running a group -- Who can run a group? -- Where can you run a group? -- The group - start to finish -- Preparation -- Now you can begin! -- Endings -- Points to remember -- The role of the adult.