Attachment in Practice™
Attachment in Practice™ is a 3-day course from the Association for Psychological Therapies (APT), a leading provider of accredited courses for professionals working in mental health and related areas.
It is the only Attachment Disorder training that is APT-accredited and also gives you access to APT’s relevant downloadable resources for use post-course. The course is available for teams/organizations and can be attended face-to-face or online. (2-day version also available.)
Executive Summary:
Knowledge of attachment disorder, what it is, how to identify it and, in particular, what to do about it, is now recognized as important for those who work with children and adolescents. In recent years attachment disorder has become recognized as a discrete clinical entity, and one that appears to have distinct causal links with behavioral and emotional problems in children and in the development of personality disorder in adulthood.
This course therefore examines the concept of attachment disorder, the mechanisms behind it and, in particular, how to identify it and intervene in a helpful way.
Knowing about AD and identifying it, is not enough – one needs to intervene to remedy it as far as it is possible. The bulk of this course therefore describes – and allows you to practise – the interventions that are available whether you are working directly with children or via others, for example foster carers.
The Attachment in Practice™ course covers a great deal:
- The four categories of attachment (both adaptive and otherwise) often referred to. The DSM definition of reactive attachment disorder of infancy or early childhood. Zenah et al's five types of attachment disorder.
- The causes of attachment disorder and why it is important to know them.
- Identifying AD: How you can tell whether a child may be expressing an attachment disorder – what are the signs in terms of four different headings?
- Intervention: Links with Cognitive Behavioral Work: core beliefs held by securely attached children and children with attachment disorder.
- Family interventions to address family dynamics.
- Enmeshed attachment: attachment that is so close that it hampers the child developing independence and autonomy.
- Working with foster carers: the relevance of the carer's own background; how attachment begins with the parents; teaching new ideas and skills; how to provide key ingredients for secure attachment; teaching children 'the four Rs'; how to provide support to carers; how to instil a sense of hope in carers.
- Therapeutic parenting: showing people how to create a positive environment; how to create a clear and consistent structure within the home; how to take good care of yourself and your partner; how to communicate effectively both in verbal and non-verbal terms; how to share responsibility between parent and child; how to give choices that work; how to use specific techniques in crisis situations.
- Corrective attachment therapy: how to become attuned to the child's needs; the importance of displaying 'positive affect'; how to give support to the developmental needs and capabilities of the child; how to develop a positive reciprocal relationship between yourself and the child; how to understand a child's inner working model and core beliefs; helping the child to review key events from the past; how to help the child manage defense mechanisms so they don't become maladaptive.
- Learning to apply the material taught by use of case studies and group discussion.
What this Attachment Disorder course will do for you:
- You will know what attachment disorder is.
- You will know what causes attachment disorder.
- You will know why attachment disorder is important: the effects it has long term on both the child and the parenters.
- You will know the signs to look for to tell whether a child may be expressing an attachment disorder.
- You will know how to help the parenters develop an attachment with their child which is as strong as it can be.
What you receive as a result of attending the training:
You will be registered as having attended the course, thereby gaining APT's Level 1 accreditation, and receive a certificate to this effect. The accreditation gives you access to online resources associated with the course and access to the online exam if you wish to uprate your APT accreditation to Level 2.
Your registration lasts indefinitely, and your accreditation lasts for 3 years and is renewable by sitting an online refresher which also upgrades your accreditation to APT Level 2 if you are successful in the associated online exam.
Your accreditation is given value by the fact of over 150,000 people having attended APT training. See APT accreditation for full details.
Booking this training is easy...Booking Options... for individuals or small groups For teams and organizations:
We bring the course and tutor to you, for an all-inclusive fee. Price (3-day version): $12,400 (plus tutor travel and accommodation expenses) for a group of up to 15 people. Extra delegates: $810 per person. Price (2-day version): $9,085 (plus tutor travel and accommodation expenses) for a group of up to 15 people. Extra delegates: $540 per person. Option 2: Online Live and Exclusive course: Live and interactive online course, delivered via Zoom or Teams* exclusively for your team or organization. Price (3-day version): $7,760* for a group of up to 15 people (price includes a workbook for every delegate, posted to one address, or a PDF version can be provided). Extra delegates $510 per person. Price (2-day version): $5,600* for a group of up to 15 people (price includes a workbook for every delegate, posted to one address, or a PDF version can be provided). Extra delegates $340 per person. *We standardly deliver courses via Zoom (which is recommended). If you would prefer to use Microsoft Teams, there is an additional charge of $160 CAD per day. Option 3: 'Train the Trainer': If you or a colleague are a senior professional (e.g. consultant psychologist) and have a talent for communication and teaching, then you are welcome to apply to become an APT-accredited tutor. You could then tutor the course in your own organization, under license. This is not only a highly appropriate use of senior professionals, but it also saves your organization the tutor-component of the fee each time you run it or your chosen modules (50% of the face-to-face fee, regardless of whether the course is held online or face-to-face). To see the full benefits of this and to see whether you are eligible, click the button:
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Feedback Ratings.
We continuously monitor the quality of our training by obtaining feedback on the two key scales of relevance and presentation from every course delegate. Below are the average ratings for the last ten runnings of this course, which are updated periodically.
Face-to-Face
Presentation: 97%
Relevance: 97%
Online Live*
Presentation: 95%
Relevance: 92%
*This online live ratings are taken from the last three runnings of the course in this format.
Reviews.
APT prides itself on the feedback we receive about our courses. Below are just some of the great comments the Attachment in Practice™ course has received.
"The best, most relevant training I have done whilst working at my service. I really enjoyed it."
"Excellent course, both delivery and content. Never lost my attention for one minute from start of 1st day to end of last day. Well done. Thank you."
