Teaching Professionals From years of consulting with school professionals about detached students, Dr. Ottavi has workd to develop applicable strategies the educators, parents and mental health professionals use to advance student progress.  The detached students of focus may have intense or combined issues of mental health diagnoses (such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Bipolar), out-of-home placements, trauma, abuse or neglect issues, or acute negative life events. The primary goals Why is Johnny so Detached? for teachers and associates: 1)  A focused introduction to attachment issues for students that is grounded in current theory and research.  A good overview of attachment and  trauma issue interference in the classroom.   2)  A field based model to guide teachers and school professionals toward strategies and a framework for integrating of their current skills and knowledge into working on attachment issues.  Help to see a broader range of possibilities for their positive impact professional team effectiveness. 3)  A range of strategies and objectives that provide a base from which to do needed and appropriate adapting to specific student and situation needs. Increase understanding and appreciation of the child and family issues to build strong and constructive helping relationships.   4) Help students have a stronger sense of self and safety, less distorted perception and thinking, more positive actions and less negative reacting to staff and peers, and a knolwdge base to help strengthen home-school-community connections.   Over the years, Dr. Ottavi has observed school professionals drawing upon their natural therapeutic relationship-building skills when advancing their awareness about attachment and trauma, both as a primary and underlying issue for students.  Detached kids and their families can feel very "stuck;"  struggling with challenging behaviors and requent "back-sliding" over the school year.  Awareness and knowledge can be the beginning of some helpful change. Why is Johnny so Detached? integrates and organizes current attachment and trauma research that best provided a useable model for a variety of school professionals and especially for multiple school professionals to have a strong teamwork approach with parents and caregivers.  Approaches utilized draw from behavioral, relational, and thinking interventions.

Teaching Professionals From years of consulting with school professionals about detached students, Dr. Ottavi has workd to develop applicable strategies the educators, parents and mental health professionals use to advance student progress.  The detached students of focus may have intense or combined issues of mental health diagnoses (such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Bipolar), out-of-home placements, trauma, abuse or neglect issues, or acute negative life events. The primary goals Why is Johnny so Detached? for teachers and associates: 1)  A focused introduction to attachment issues for students that is grounded in current theory and research.  A good overview of attachment and  trauma issue interference in the classroom.   2)  A field based model to guide teachers and school professionals toward strategies and a framework for integrating of their current skills and knowledge into working on attachment issues.  Help to see a broader range of possibilities for their positive impact professional team effectiveness. 3)  A range of strategies and objectives that provide a base from which to do needed and appropriate adapting to specific student and situation needs. Increase understanding and appreciation of the child and family issues to build strong and constructive helping relationships.   4) Help students have a stronger sense of self and safety, less distorted perception and thinking, more positive actions and less negative reacting to staff and peers, and a knolwdge base to help strengthen home-school-community connections.   Over the years, Dr. Ottavi has observed school professionals drawing upon their natural therapeutic relationship-building skills when advancing their awareness about attachment and trauma, both as a primary and underlying issue for students.  Detached kids and their families can feel very "stuck;"  struggling with challenging behaviors and requent "back-sliding" over the school year.  Awareness and knowledge can be the beginning of some helpful change. Why is Johnny so Detached? integrates and organizes current attachment and trauma research that best provided a useable model for a variety of school professionals and especially for multiple school professionals to have a strong teamwork approach with parents and caregivers.  Approaches utilized draw from behavioral, relational, and thinking interventions.