Institutionalisation

Today we looked at the effects of institutionalisation - when children are brought up in an institution like a children's home or orphanage. This often includes privation - when the child has never formed an attachment. We looked at Rutter et al, which is a big longitudinal study looking at the long term effects on children adopted into the UK from Romanian orphanages.

Today's ppt is here. The sheet on whether or not recovery from privation is possible is here.

The homework essay for today is: 'Outline and evaluate research into the effects of institutionalisation (12 marks). This is due next lesson, 22nd April.

Disruption of attachment and privation

Today we looked at what happens when children either form an attachment which is temporarily disrupted, or never form an attachment (privation). We discussed the case studies of the Robertson children, and then looked at Genie and the Koluchova twins. Finally, we looked at the Hodges & Tizard study into recovery from early privation. Today's ppt is here.