Parent-Child Attachment Play (PCAP) is a very innovative and empowering early help attachment programme for parents and their children from 3-15+. It can be delivered with groups, 1:1 or through a home-visiting model.  Parents and carers are often concerned about their children’s behaviour and that by adopting a playful attachment approach they will somehow lose control over their family life.  In fact, the opposite is true.  When the parent-child relationship is working, helpful child behaviour generally follows and family life becomes more manageable.

 This 10-step programme is based on the latest attachment research which shows that supporting the parent-child attachment relationship sets the scene for the best outcomes for children right into adulthood.

 PCAP involves sharing three skills with parents and carers through interactive workshop-style sessions;

1.  Play (and the creation of a shoebox or bag of toys/activities designed around the preferences of the child)

2.  Containment (managing time, environment, emotions and helping children to make helpful choices)

3.  Head, Heart and Hands (an attachment tool based on evidence-based Reflective Functioning

 Courses are targeted towards professionals working with children and families not parents.

10% of Hotel if Staying.

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After the fantastic success of last years National Conference in Dublin we are bringing it to Belfast for 2020. We are very excited  and are currently negoiating with the venue and creating a new bespoke style conference. One thing for sure it will be very engaging and exciting for our community of practitioners. Once we have all our speakers and contributors confirmed we will launch the conference brochure. So Keep this Date free to join us.

Circle of Security LogoCircle of Security has  established a parenting reflection program offering core components of the evidence based and internationally acclaimed COS protocol. This 4-day seminar trains professionals to use an eight chapter DVD to reflect with parents and caregivers. The programmon presents video examples of secure and problematic parent/child interaction, healthy options in care giving and animated graphic designed to clarify principles to COS.details and how to register click on the link below.   This is for professionals and those providing parenting education and support.􏰌􏰐􏰜􏰙􏰋􏰓􏰏 􏰗􏰖Hosted by our Associates at Young Ballymun, Dublin.􏰗

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An IAIA Recommended Program.

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Practitioners will learn skills to be able to run Heart to heart sessions, a fun and effective early help attachment programme for parents, carers and their children or teens to attend together.  It can be delivered with groups, 1:1 or through a home-visiting model and is split across two approximate age ranges; 5-9 years and 10-15 years. This flexible programme is based on the latest attachment research which shows that supporting the parent-child attachment relationship sets the scene for the best outcomes for children right into adulthood.  Adolescence can be a challenging time for parents and carers and this programme offers an ideal opportunity to share and experience new and empowering evidence-based knowledge with families.

The Maldron Hotel offers a 10% discount for those staying at the venue.

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Irish Attachment in Action’s National Conference returns to The Helix, DCU, Dublin as we take over the second floor for what should be an exciting and motivating event. Our Community of Practitioners come together to offer a wide and inspirational range of Workshops and Presentations  along the overarching theme of “Why Attachment Matters from Trauma to Hope”. This is going to be something special with Practice Leads from across Ireland delivering 6 workshops and 3 keynote presentations with many of the topics having been requested by members and followers of IAIA.

Please book early as this conference sold out within 4 weeks at our last visit to the Helix.

Conference Time Table 2019

IAIA Conference Brochure 2019 Short

IAIA Conference Full Program 2019

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Conference Workshops 2019

 

We know that good mental health begins early in life, and is particularly influenced by our relationships with our primary caregivers. This relationship between parent and child is referred to as an attachment.

Sometimes this attachment can be secure and healthy, but for around 30% of the population, their attachment is insecure and can lead to mental health difficulties later in life. Event hosted by ‘The British Psychological Society, NI”

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