anna roche, who has adopted a son, with attachment issues. dr matt woolgar is a consultant clinical psychologist specialising in this area. sue armstrong brown well, when children are born, they need to form a special, unique relationship with a special, unique relationship with a caregiver, and for adopted children, that relationship has changed. they are moving into new homes, they need to develop new relationships with new carers, and they bring a legacy of their experiences, and it can lead to quite a challenging period in setting up a new attachment relationship. anna, you adopted your son at 13 months, how did his problems manifest themselves? my son has attachments that were broken because of troubles experienced in the past in his life, and also pre—birth, neglect, abuse particularly. and also, with my son, it seems like he is very hyper vigilant, he can be very controlling, he doesn't feel safe, so controlling, he doesn't feel safe, so in controlling, he doesn't feel safe, soina controlling, he doesn't feel safe, so in a classroom environment, for example, in the mainstream setting, he is always on the watch for things, who is comin