Dr Julian is a child psychologist. He has been asked to support a young child, Sophia, whose father is about to undergo a 4-week inpatient hospital admission for medical treatment. There are concerns that Sophia may suffer the negative developmental and emotional effects of deprivation during this separation. Sophia is going to be placed with Marcus, a registered and experienced foster carer, in his home.
During her father's first hospital stay, Sophia was placed in a temporary municipal residential care home where she had to adapt to rigid timetables and encountered many rotating shift workers. Her father noticed that Sophia became highly distressed, suffered night terrors, and stopped speaking (selective mutism) upon returning home.
Discuss how Dr Julian can use psychological research into deprivation to advise Marcus on how to minimize the negative emotional and behavioural effects of separation for Sophia.
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