Circle of Security Early Intervention Program for Parents and Children.
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Fremont County Project BLOOM, CO-AIMH, &
Project BLOOM Services and Supports Workgroup Present
Understanding Security:
The Circle of Security
Approach
April 28
& 29, 2008
Presented by Dr. Kent T. Hoffman
Conference Registration
rates:
CO-AIHM Members: $200
Non-members: $225
Late Registration (after April 1,
2008): $235
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Certificates of attendance
to document contact hours will be provided.
Sign In: 8:15 - 9:oo each day
Training 9:00 - 4:30 each day
Lunch provided
Doubletree
Hotel Colorado Springs/World Arena
1775 E. Cheyenne Mountain Blvd.
(719)
576-8900
A block of
rooms is available for participants at a reduced rate.
For room
reservations call and reference Project BLOOM.
For questions or more information,
contact Heather Zimmerman: (719)
275-2351 or
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Goals of
the Two-Day Training
1.
Participants will
have basic information regarding attachment theory.
2.
Participants will
understand specific attachment patterns including characteristics of secure,
insecure, and disorganized attachment.
- Participants will have
information that integrates attachment theory with current research in
brain development and affective neuroscience.
- Participants will have
information about practical applications regarding how an understanding of
unregulated affect and the fundamentals of secure attachment can be
integrated into basic intervention
strategies for individuals and dyads that display struggles in
attachment.
Circle of Security Early Intervention Program for Parents and Children.
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Understanding Security:
The Circle of Security
Approach
April 28
& 29, 2008
Presented by Dr. Kent T. Hoffman
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how important is a child's quality of attachment with primary caregivers? What
are the essential characteristics of a parent/child relationship that will
promote emotional well-being and mental health across the life span? What are
the danger signs and implications of an unhealthy attachment? Once established,
can unhealthy attachment patterns be altered?
Throughout the world, for
those in the field of mental health, there is a dramatically increasing
interest in evidence-based studies regarding attachment in children and adults.
Current university and clinical research is
making it clear that for those with unhealthy attachment, the basic capacities for emotional health are severely
compromised. Proper diagnosis and
treatment of this population is thus becoming a
priority for those involved with
intervention and prevention.
The Circle of Security Project is an
internationally acclaimed intervention protocol designed to support secure
attachment in high-risk populations. This two-day seminar will utilize the
Circle of Security approach to clarify the specific ways a child's secure attachment to caregivers
supports the development of capacities for
emotional health later in life. This seminar will then clarify how, within the context of an unhealthy attachment, development of these capacities is
hindered substantially. Who should attend? People who serve the needs of children
including psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, nurses,
early childhood educators, childcare providers, home visitors, early
intervention specialists, child welfare workers, guardians-ad-litem, and other
child service providers.
Dr. Kent Hoffman, along with his
colleagues Glen Cooper, Bert Powell and Robert Marvin, is the co-founder of the
Circle of Security Project at Mary-Cliff Institute and the University of
Virginia. Kent has been a clinician working
with high-risk population since 1972. He
is a clinical supervisor for the University
of Maryland, University
of Virginia and Tulane
University, and is an adjunct
professor of psychology at Gonzaga
University. Hoffman, along with his colleagues, currently
presents the COS approach to clinicians and researchers thoughout the United
States, Europe and Australia. They were recently given the Washington State
Governor's Child Abuse Prevention Award for "Innovations in Prevention" by The Washington Council for
Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.
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