Attachment Center of Kansas

Helping Families Build Stronger Connections

Events

November is National Adoption Month

Resources for teachers: click here

National Resources


Not living near Wichita and looking for an attachment therapist?  ATTACh has a directory of attachment therapists who have met the requirements needed to be registered.

Looking for residential treatment for your child with attachment difficulties?  Go to Residential Treatment Facilities.

Service Providers and Teachers


Providing Family Friendly Respite

Case Management

Helping Students with Attachment Disorder

Teacher Resources: Homework

Fact Sheet for School Personnel

Oil and Water: The Attachment Disordered Child and School

Overview of Reactive Attachment Disorder for Teachers

Helping Traumatized Children Learn


Reactive Attachment Disorder

RadKid

Attachment Disorder Maryland

Nancy Thomas

Deborah Hage


Trauma


Understanding the Effects of Maltreatment on Early Brain Development

Maltreatment and Early Brain Development

Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents

Long-Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect

Stop It Now - Has PDF downloads on the following topics:
Age Appropriate Sexual Behaviors, Warning Signs of Possible Child Sexual Abuse, Behaviors to Watch for When Adults Are With Children, Signs That an Adult May Be At-Risk to Harm a Child, Signs That a Child or Teen May Be At-Risk to Harm Another Child, What is Considered Child Sexual Abuse.

Community Resources

Families Together
Staff are available in each center to help parents gain support and information concerning specific disabilities, special education, financial resources, and understand their rights via phone, or in person.

Keys for Networking
We are a non-profit, family-run organization providing peer-to-peer (parent-to-parent) information, support, and education to families raising children with educational, emotional, and/or behavioral problems.

Heartspring KidCheck
Is a free developmental screening process for any family with a child between the ages of birth to five years who may be concerned about their child’s development.

Misc

Tools for Victorious Living in Christ

Many Christian have a difficult time living victorious lives in Christ. They are often so shackled down with their emotional and behavioral baggage that they miss the point of being one of Christ’s children.  Explore the Biblical Foundations for developing truly healthy self-esteem, a self-actualized outlook and a functional mentally healthy life.


Child Maltreatment Facts

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, almost a quarter of a million children are abused and/or neglected each year.  Children from birth to age 3 are at the highest risk of maltreatment followed by children between the ages of 4 and 7.  Half of these children were abused or neglected again within a 5-year period.  40% are abused by their mother, 18% by their father and 17% by both parents.  The Third National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect reports that three times as many children are maltreated as are reported to Child Protective Service agencies.Child

Center for Adoption Research

“Insecure attachments become psychiatric disorders when emotions and behaviors displayed in attachment relationships are so disturbed as to indicate, or substantially increase the risk for, persistent distress or disability. An attachment disorder, thus, represents behavior at the most extreme ends of attachment relationships, reflecting serious distortions in the child's use of the caregiver as a secure base.”

 

Mother Teresa

The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving.  Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done.