DDP Level One Training

Psychological intervention and parenting approaches with children/adolescents who've experienced developmental trauma and Attachment issues
About this Event

4 Day course

• Day 1 – Monday 21st September
• Day 2 – Tuesday 22nd September
• Day 3 – Monday 28th September
• Day 4 – Tuesday 29th September

Objectives

By the end of this course you will understand:

• The impact of secure developmental attachment on neurological, affective, cognitive, and behavioural development
• How developmental trauma (abuse and neglect) create insecure and disorganised attachment patterns which impede normal development
• Principles of psychotherapy, effective communication and parenting that facilitate the development of attachment security
• Specific strategies of parenting and communication that facilitate the development of a secure attachment and help children integrate past trauma and abusive experiences
• How the caregiver’s attachment history and attachment patterns can be important factors when providing care for children who have experienced developmental trauma.

In this four-day training, principles and interventions are presented through formal discussion, case examples, videotape of therapy sessions, role-play, and hand-outs.