2020 OVC Symposium: Attachment after Adversity

CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS

2020

OVC

APPLIED RESEARCH

& BEST PRACTICE

SYMPOSIUM

Attachment after Adversity: Building Resilience through Relationships

2020

Attachment after Adversity: Building Resilience through Relationships 9:00

Welcome

11:05 Small Group Discussion

9:10

Dr. Van IJzendoorn | Policy

11:10 Q+A

9:35

Small group discussion

11:25 Dr. Moretti + Dr. Kelly |

9:40

Q+A

11:50 Small group discussion

9:55

Dr. Steele

11:55 Q+A

Scalling & Application

10:20 Small Group Discussion

12:10 One next step - small

10:25 Q+A

12:15 Discussion (Case Study)

10:40 Dr. Dozier | Family/Individuals

12:45 Research Affiliate Program

groups

Research Panel

Core Elements Concluding Remarks (Dr. Howard)

For leaders committed to excellence in care for vulnerable children and the communities that care for them, CAFO’s Center on Applied Research for Vulnerable Children and Families is a trustworthy bridge between research, practice, and care reform that provides the best available guidance to inform the most effective care for children.

PRESENTERS: DR. MARINUS VAN IJZENDOORN University of Cambridge

Presentation: Structural neglect of children’s attachment needs Description: In the plenary presentation ‘Structural neglect of children’s attachment needs’ the scientific evidence of more than half a century on the detrimental consequences of institutional child-care will be discussed. Also, the impressive resilience and amazing catch-up growth of children transiting to family care will be highlighted. Continuity of the alternative caregiving arrangement is crucial, not only in biological families, but also in foster, adoptive, kafala or extended families.

Deinstitutionalisation means creating and promoting (alternative) family care and supporting caregivers who take up the challenge of raising social or biological orphans.

DR. HOWARD STEELE The New School for Social Research

Presentation: Preventing child maltreatment and promoting secure child-parent attachments with the Group Attachment-Based Intervention (GABI) Description: This talk will summarize the results of a randomized control trial investigating the efficacy of our Group Attachment-Based Intervention (GABI), a trauma-informed, and attachment-informed preventive intervention aimed at vulnerable parents with children aged 0-3 years. Compared to Treatment as Usual, a weekly 10-session parenting group following a widely used manualized approach, GABI uniquely led to improvements in the observed parent-child interaction. In terms of questionnaire responses, there were improvements in mental health, social support and parenting stress in both groups. The unique features of GABI, including 3X weekly two hour sessions over 26 weeks, will be illustrated in the talk.

DR. MARY DOZIER University of Delaware

Presentation: Intervening Early to Enhance Brain and Behavioral Development: The Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up Approach Description: In this talk, Dr. Dozier will provide an overview of the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC) Intervention, a home visiting program for parents of infants and young children who have experienced adversity. I will present the empirical rationale for each of the intervention’s components and evidence of the intervention’s efficacy.

DR. MARLENE MORETTI Simon Fraser University

DR. VICKY KELLY Annie E. Casey Foundation

Presentation: Adolescence, Attachment & Trauma: From Theory to Intervention Description: Adolescence is a remarkable developmental transition, underpinned by a period of socially sensitive neuroplasticity, and marked by rapid changes in social-emotional, and cognitive functioning. Although there is agreement that attachment security is a robust predictor of well-being in adolescence and early adulthood, few evidence-based and attachment-focused interventions have been developed to promote security between teens and their caregivers. In this seminar we describe Connect, a 10-session, manualized trauma-informed and attachmentbased intervention for parents and caregivers of teens with serious behavioral and social emotional problems.

DR. MANDY HOWARD Samford University *Emcee

Description: Mandy Hiles Howard is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Samford University. She came to Samford after serving as the Assistant Director of the TCU Institute of Child Development. She worked closely with Drs. Karyn Purvis and David Cross in the development of Trust-Based Relational Interventions, which is a trauma-informed evidence-based approach to working with children who have a history of trauma. Mandy’s professional interest broadly falls under the category of applied developmental psychology. Her work integrates theory, research and practice in a concentrated effort to increase understanding of the interpersonal processes underlying mental health and quality of life for children and youth in non-traditional care. Her research has generated a great deal of political and public policy interest both nationally and internationally.

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This program engages and facilitates the participation of academic researchers who want to see their work make a bigger impact for vulnerable children and families.

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