practical ways to manage attachment problems
about the course
Many children in foster care and even some children who are not accommodated do not have normal healthy attachments with their carers or parents. These children’s attachment problems frequently originate in their birth families. However, frequent moves, instability in foster homes/adoptive home, give children further problems of developing trust and a sense of age appropriate autonomy. These things massively affect the way they behave and can lead to very distorted, unhappy relationships that ultimately disrupt family life. Normal ways of responding to the behaviour of these children often do not work.
It is vital therefore if children and carers are to achieve stability and permanency, that they deal effectively and practically with these issues, and thus enable a child to build a healthy attachment.
A child who has experienced one healthy attachment will find it easier to transfer this attachment to someone else.
This one-day course raises the awareness and understanding of these problems - their origin, development and effects. It also offers practical ways of dealing with the presenting behaviour thus enabling appropriate attachments to develop.
course aims and objectives
- To provide practical and effective advice to carers and professionals about how they can best deal with the behaviour presented by children who have attachment problems.
- To raise understanding around attachment issues, how they develop, how they present and how they need a different approach.
- To raise awareness and build confidence in this area of work to enable carers and workers to deal effectively with the issues and in so doing improve family life for everyone and especially the child.
- To create a safe learning environment through humour, humanity and warmth which will enable change.
how to book this course
This one-day course is charged at £1000 per course + VAT. To book this course you will need between 12 and 25 people that need training. This could be your own team of staff or you could contact other childcare professionals, local authorities or agencies in your local area who may also require the training. When you have between 12 and 25 delegates that need training you can contact our administration team to discuss available training dates.
Please email info@futurechildcaretraining.com and let us know which month(s) you would like the training to take place, how many delegates you have, and also which town/city you would like to training to be held - for all of our group courses one of our trainers will travel to your local area to deliver the course at a venue you have organised. Once we have checked our training diary we will get back in touch with a list of available training dates and an estimated quote for the training. If you would prefer to speak directly to a member of our team please call 024 7654 5500 and we will be happy to discuss your requirements with you.
You will be responsible for organising a suitable venue and any catering you wish to provide for the delegates. Also, where necessary you will need to organise and pay for one evenings accommodation for our course trainer the night prior to the course date. We will be responsible for making the necessary travel arrangements for our course trainer and the travel costs will be added to your invoice. For further details about the course please do not hesitate to contact us.