• Aims & Objectives

    AIMS:

    • Understand what attachment means and how early attachment styles are formed.
    • Consider children’s experiences of secure vs insecure attachment.
    • Explore strategies which work for children with insecure or disorganised attachment styles.
    • Understand how to meet the needs behind behaviours.

    OBJECTIVES:

    • Following this course you will:
    • Feel informed about attachment styles and where they come from.
    • Learn strategies to help the child in your care to manage insecure or disorganised attachment.
    • Find out how you can use praise and “wonder aloud” to respond to the child’s emotional stage.
    • Feel confident about seeing the needs behind behaviour and know how to meet them.

    • Foster Care Training - Attachment - The challenges for Foster Carers