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Research Seminar: Attachment Theory

Professor David Howe of the University of East Anglia


Resiliency, Risk and Vulnerability (RR&V) Research Network, School of Education, Social Work and Community Education

In this seminar David Howe, one of the UK's leading social work academics, will be looking at how attachment theory is informed by research and how this translates into practice. He will also discuss new directions in research on attachment.

Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Dalhousie Building, Old Hawkhill, DD1 5EN
Date: Thursday, 10th May 2012
Time: 4pm - 6pm
Admission: FREE - but please email a.m.leslie@dundee.ac.uk to confirm you are attending.

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David Howe is Professor of Social Work and Head of the School of Social Work and Psychosocial Sciences at University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

Professor Howe is one of the UK's leading figures in academic social work. His main research interests are in developmental attachment theory, adoption, theory and practice in child and family social work, child abuse and neglect, and disorders of attachment. He has carried out extensive research related to attachment, child abuse and neglect and to the experience of birth mothers, adoptive parents and adult adoptees. He was founding editor of the journal, Child and Family Social Work (1996-2001) and is author of many books, including: Attachment Theory for Social Work Practice; Attachment Theory, Child Maltreatment and Family Support; Child Abuse and Neglect: Attachment, Development and Intervention; and The Emotionally Intelligent Social Worker.


Posted: 24 April 2012