Polyvagal Theory and the Developing Child: Systems of Care for Strengthening Kids, Families, and Communities

by Marilyn R. Sanders and George S. Thompson

At its heart, polyvagal theory describes how the brain's unconscious sense of safety or danger impacts our emotions and behaviors. In this powerful book, pediatrician and neonatologist Marilyn R. Sanders and child psychiatrist George S. Thompson offer readers both a meditation on caregiving and a call to action for physicians, educators, and mental health providers. When children don't have safe relationships, or emotional, medical, or physical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393714284
• ISBN13: 9780393714289
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"