The Parent Child Connection is a network of peer support and educational and therapeutic resources for families who have children with Attachment Disorder. The group meets the third Thursday of every month at 6:30 PM at Help One Child. More Info or Directions

Parents Helping Parents (PHP) serves children who need special services by providing information, training, and support to their families, the professionals who serve them, and the communities in which they live. http://www.php.com/

Camp Connection A camp for children and families working on attachment. Nancy Thomas (see below) is our guest speaker / parenting expert. Download our brochure. Check out Mt. Cross, where our camp is held.

ATTACh (Association for Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children). ATTACh recognizes and promotes healthy attachment and its critical importance to human development. An educator and promotor of attachment theory and services, ATTACh is an association of professionals and families who care about healthy attachment and are dedicated to helping those with attachment difficulties. www.attach.org

AFTER is the first regional center in California providing assistance to families after their adoption. We're very glad to be here! Services are provided to local residents only, but the information we provide is for everyone. www.afteradoption.org

Nancy Thomas therapeutic parenting specialist and founder of Nancy Thomas Parenting a not-for-profit service organization offering information and resources on Attachment Disorder, as well as Families by Design, an organization providing educational materials and seminars. http://www.attachment.org

Daniel Hughes, Ph.D has specialized in the treatment of children who manifest serious deficits in their emotional, cognitive, and behavioral development, and at the same time demonstrate considerable difficulty establishing and maintaining secure attachment relationships. Dr. Hughes' treatment is family based and focused on facilitating the child's ability to establish a secure attachment with his/her caregivers. http://danielahughes.homestead.com/

Foster Cline, M.D. psychiatrist and physician, author of many books on parenting and dealing with difficult children and their families. Parenting with Love and Logic and Parenting Teens with Love and Logic are among the nation's best selling parenting books, and have been translated into six foreign languages. Founder of Love & Logic which provides training materials that teach the unique Love and Logic approach to raising children. http://www.netw.com/fostercline/?page=home and http://www.loveandlogic.com/

Deborah Hage is a lecturer, author, therapist and therapeutic foster mother. She lectures nationwide and in Canada on bonding and attachment as well as techniques which, when added to normal parenting styles, have a positive effect on children who are behaviorally problematic. Her presentations include information on how to make it more fun to be a parent and to make children more fun to be around, as well as when to hang on and when to let go: "Parenting With Pizazz". www.deborahhage.com