Support Attachment and Positive Relationships for Children & Young People

In a healthy upbringing, children and young people will form positive attachments and relationships with those around them, including family members, friends, and peers met through school and other activities.
For those who, for whatever reason, enter the care system, it may be the case that such attachments and relationships have not naturally formed or developed and because of this they will need to be carefully nurtured by those who have a responsibility to parent and support them. This online course will look at the importance of supporting attachment and positive relationships.
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Who should take this online course?
This training course has been designed specifically for people working with children and young people and provides focus on residential settings. It may also be useful to a wider audience of people who would like to know more about attachment and positive relationships for children and young people. The training course provides content to meet qualification units relating to residential childcare.
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Online Course Content
- 1.1 Summarise Theories of Attachment
- 1.2 Explain why positive attachments are important for children and young people
- 1.3 Analyse the short and long-term impacts of attachment on the wellbeing of CYP
- 2.1 Analyse factors in the life of a CYP which can present barriers to attachment
- 2.2 The role of parents and caregivers in supporting CYP to form positive attachments
- 2.3 Connections between positive attachments and positive relationships
- 2.4 Explain how attachment impacts on own role
- 2.5 Describe strategies for supporting CYP to form positive attachments
- 3.1 Describe features of positive relationship for CYP
- 3.2 Factors in the life of a CYP which can present challenges when building attachments
- 3.3 Approaches to building relationships where a CYP is affected by emotional or behavioural issues
- 3.4 Describe ways to support CYP to develop positive relationships with peers
- 4.1 Engage with children and people to develop positive relationships
- 4.2 Build connections with CYP using a range of skills, methods, and approaches
- 4.3 Maintain professional boundaries in relationship with CYP in residential care
- 5.1 Seek advice and support when concerned about the relationships and attachment behaviour
- 5.2 Implement "agreed strategies" to promote positive attachments and relationships
- 6.1 Describe how CYP have been supported by own practice to develop positive attachments
- 6.2 Evaluate own approaches for supporting positive attachments and relationships with CYP
- 6.3 Use reflection to inform improvements in own practice
Aims of the course
By the end of the training course, you will:
- Understand the importance of positive attachments for the wellbeing of children and young people
- Understand how to support positive attachments for children or young people in residential childcare
- Understand how to support positive relationships for children and young people in residential childcare
- Be able to develop positive relationships with children and young people
- Be able to address concerns about attachments and relationships of children and young people
- Be able to reflect on own practice in supporting positive attachments and relationships for children or young people
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