This selection of resources provide information and guidance on attachment, helping you understand how attachment influences a child’s development and the importance of nurturing relationships.
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Dr Lauren Topper explores how to build connection and improve communication with your child/ren to help you enjoy the positives of the teenage years and better navigate the challenges. Lauren covers attachment styles, the impact of trauma and emotional regulation strategies.
In this webinar Jessica Spenceley gives an introduction to the attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®). She provides tools and insights to help parents build strong connections with and support their child’s healing from early adversity and trauma.
“Helpful examples of how connecting (e.g. playing) with your child can change life at home for the better.” – Hub member
In this webinar Simon, an adopted adult, explores the importance for adoptive parents to face past personal challenges with self-compassion to help build personal resilience. He also discusses how to draw on these experiences to help build a strong relationship with their child and create a nurturing environment to help overcome trauma.
“Thank you so much Simon. I will be listening to this many more times, with my big ears on. You have shared so many profound insights. Incredibly helpful, practical and offering hopeful ways forward. An outstanding webinar.” – Hub member
Written by Dr Georgina Hibbert, a child and adolescent clinical psychologist who specialises in working with children who have suffered parental abuse or trauma. This course supports the understanding of core concepts essential to anyone raising or working with a child who has experienced early life trauma. We recommend this course to all of our members.
“Great mixture of content made it very engaging and thought-provoking… Made us consider what our parenting style will be and how we may tackle different situations should they arise in future.” – Hub member
University of East Anglia provides information about the Secure Base model, including what it is and why it was developed. They also provide lots of useful resources for parents, carers, practitioners and education professionals. These resources include book recommendations, videos of foster carers and young care leavers talking about providing and receiving Secure Base caregiving, checklists, case studies and links to further training and information.
What can we do to help promote resilience and recovery in children following experiences of abuse and neglect? The answer to this question is not easy — there is no quick fix. In this video, from UK Trauma Council, clinicians and researchers reflect on key principles that can guide those working with children.