<P><EM>Developing Secure Attachment Through Play</EM> offers a range of imaginative and engaging play-based activities, designed to help vulnerable young children forge safe attachments with their caregivers.</P><P>The book focuses on key developmental stages that may have been missed due to challenging life circumstances, such as social-emotional development, object permanence and physical and sensory development. It also considers pertinent issues including trauma, separation, loss and transition. Chapters explore each topic from a theoretical perspective, before offering case studies that illustrate the theory in practice, and a range of activities to demonstrate the effectiveness of play in developing healthy attachments.</P><P>Key features of this book include:</P><P>¿ 80 activities that can be carried out at home or in educational settings, designed to facilitate attachment and enhance social-emotional development;</P><P>¿ case vignettes exploring creative activities su