NSW Training and Events - Australian Association for Infant Mental Health (AAIMHI) for the well-being of infants and very young children

NSW Training and Events

Gunawirra series

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Child Development and Attachment: Impact from Early Years to Adulthood

 Date: Mon 12 & Tues 13 March, 9:30 – 4:30.

 Venue: Centre for Community Welfare Training, Level 4,699 George St (corner Ultimo Rd), Haymarket NSW 2000

Over thirty years’ of attachment research has helped us to understand how crucial early childhood experiences are to the entire spectrum of a child's development; affecting social, emotional, physical and cognitive growth. This understanding has been enhanced by brain development research which illustrates how reliant children are on sensitive caregiving for optimal development.

All too often however, children don't receive the care they need in their early years. Issues associated with parental drug use, mental health and adverse social circumstances can hinder parents from providing the type of care that their children need.

This course is designed to help participants understand the implications of early attachment experiences for a child's emotional and neurological development. It will also address implications of this research for work with adult and child clients.

Participants will:

- Describe the implications of early attachment experiences for the developing child
- Discuss how to address the emotional needs of children who have experienced adverse early care
- Discuss how to work with parents and foster parents of these children to assist them to give them the relationship experiences they need
- Describe how positive relationship experiences can work to change neurological structures underpinning poor emotional regulation skills

Presenter: Beth Macgregor  

To register, click on this link:  http://www.acwa.asn.au/Course_Details11.php?recid=6727