Attachment and Maltreatment

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Target Audience

Case managers, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, licensed professional counselors, educators, school personnel, mental health professionals, clinicians, nurses, health and human service practitioners, and other health care professionals.

Description

In this workshop, participants will explore normal attachment and how this attachment is formed. We will also discuss the issues and causes of maladapted attachment, indicators and how to provide supportive services to foster secure attachment in these children. We will examine the latest research about brain trauma in early childhood, its impact on attachment, and the powerful role quality care giving plays in helping heal this trauma in order to achieve better outcomes for our children and families.


Speaker
Kathy D. Johnson, MS

This program is being offered in association with the University of North Carolina, School of Social Work's AHEC Training Partnership.

Charlotte AHEC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5096. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Charlotte AHEC is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

Objectives

• Define attachment and list qualities of secure attachment;
• Define the difference in attachment and bonding;
• Explain the stages of attachment and the outcomes of secure attachment at different developmental stages;
• List factors contributing to insecure attachment;
• Discuss behavioral symptoms in children with significant difficulties with attachment;
• List goals for healing the trauma and ways that workers and caregivers can support healing and healthy attachments in traumatized children.

Contact

Gabriela Staley MEd, 704-512-6523

Sessions