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Foundations for Attachment

Therapeutic training for caregivers

Perfect for:

Caregivers seeking an in-depth understanding of the children in their care, and ongoing support and learning to transform the way they parent.

workshop duration

  • FACE TO FACE (not available online): One 6-hour session per week for four consecutive weeks.
  • After the four week period, we facilitate five peer support group meetings (monthly) as well as telephone support for up to six months.
  • Caregivers must be committed to completing all four days and continuing peer support group meetings in order to gain their certificate.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Course Description

Do you want to have a better understanding of how to respond to challenging behaviours? Make the child in your care’s experience more positive? Strengthen the placement and create a secure base for the tamariki (child) or rangatahi (young person)?

The Foundations for Attachment Programme, trains caregivers to understand the child’s behaviour and their hidden needs from a ‘trauma informed’ perspective. The programme provides a therapeutic environment for children who are in your care.

Changing our parental behaviours and “go-to” responses takes time and practice which is why this programme is delivered over a longer period. This gives caregivers opportunities to develop new ways of responding to challenges and learn how to parent differently. The monthly follow up sessions are an integral part of this learning along with the support group that you form as you work through the programme.

We will help caregivers to truly understand the inner lives of the children in their care who no longer trust that adults will keep them safe. We will show them how to become engaged with the children and guide them into a world where good care can be received safely.

Learning Modules

Module One: Understanding Challenges of Parenting

  • Session One: Blocked Relationships
  • Session Two: Hiding and Miscuing

Module Two: Therapeutic Parenting

  • Session One: Building Connections
  • Session Two: Supporting Behaviour

Module Three: Looking After Self

  • Session One: Understanding Attachment History
  • Session Two: Self Care and Blocked Care
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What caregivers have to say…

Such practical and insightful material, presented with excellent balance of teaching and discussion.

Invaluable training that will make a real difference for caregivers, grandparents raising grandchildren. Extremely worthwhile, meaningful and the knowledge and skills actually are relevant and works!

I have leant so much and have put some in practice already and it is working. I understand the child more and have a better understanding of what is going on for him. I enjoyed this course and would do it again.

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Interested in what you see? We would love to see you at our Foundations for Attachment programme!

Click the button below to be redirected to our training site and see when and where we are next delivering this course.

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Please Note

As this is an advanced training with a high level of commitment, we typically only deliver it twice a year in areas where we have high demand (we usually require a minimum of 14 participants), therefore it may not be available in your region.

If you are interested in participating in Foundations for Attachment and would like to know where we are planning on delivering it next, please get in touch with our Training Coordinator, Dagmar, by emailing her HERE.

 

 

 

 

 

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