Expanding the application of an individual protocol for the Circle of Security intensive intervention

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Harbour View Room 1
Friday, March 22, 2019
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
Harbour View Room 1

Overview

Ellen Andrews


Presenter

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Ms Ellen Andrews

Expanding the application of an individual protocol for the Circle of Security intensive intervention

2:30 PM - 2:50 PM

Abstract

Circle of Security (COS) is a model designed to support parents develop an understanding of the attachment needs of their children.  It has been implemented in a range of formats including the original intensive, individualised intervention (delivered in a group context) and a DVD-based format (Circle of Security Parenting [COS-P]).  The approach described in this paper could be considered a hybrid of these existing formats of COS.  It retains the key element of video review from the original intensive form, showing the client footage of themselves interacting with their own child.  It also incorporates clips from COS-P to provide the client with the experience of watching other parents and their children interacting (as they would in the original intensive format).   It is proposed that this protocol enables access to COS for those parents for whom a group format may not be appropriate. This paper will highlight the broad application of this individual protocol through the case of a mother and her 8-year-old child.

Biography

Ellen Andrews is an Educational and Developmental Psychology registrar and works in both the private practice and primary school settings. Ellen’s primary interests are in parenting and early development (from infancy through to early adulthood). She is also a committee member of the College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists in Queensland and is a registered Circle of Security – Parenting facilitator.

Session Chairs

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Janene Swalwell


Student Volunteers

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Ashlee Withers
University of Tasmania

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Marissa Yi-Hsuan Wu
University of Melbourne

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