Attachment & Relationships

Cost

None: Inclusive for all MAST subscribing schools.

Non-MAST subscribed schools: £45

Event Description

This course will teach participants basic principles of the attachment theory, including Bowlby’s original development of it and some ways it has evolved since. We will explore secure and insecure attachments, including the 4 subtypes of insecure attachment and how they present in children initially, and perhaps continue into adulthood. This course will explain why some people are securely attached whilst others are insecurely attached and what causes this. This will include some focusing on specific patterns of behaviour that we see in school and how it might be connected to some of the difficulties children are experiencing in school and in particular relationships. We will explore ways that staff can support children in school who are not able to maintain relationships, where relationships are disruptive and difficult and where we consider there to be an insecure attachment.

Aims/Objectives

· To have an understanding of what we mean by attachment and attachment theory.

· To recognise typical patterns of behaviour of attachment.

· To gain an understanding and awareness of what causes disruptive and difficult relationships – insecure attachments.

· To understand the relationship between attachment and relationships and how this can impact on relationships in later life.

· To feel able to work with children in school who are presenting as someone with an insecure attachment.

· To feel confident and able in supporting children to develop healthy relationships.

Outcomes

To gain an understanding and knowledge of attachment theory. Recognising specific patterns of behaviour in children, and feeling confident and able to support them in schools.