Nurturing Secure Relationships :Human Growth and Development

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Course Description: (2 hours credit) When You’ve Completed This Self-Study You Should Be Able To: Recognize the major components of the theories developed by main historical attachment behavior researchers; Identify the signs of a secure attachment relationship; Explain the importance of developing a secure child-caregiver attachment relationship; Assess the key ways in which you, as a caregiver, already promote early positive mental health; Enhance your skills for securing strong child-caregiver relationship attachments; Make a plan for strengthening communications between you and the families of children you care.

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Nurturing Secure Relationships

  • Nurturing Secure Relationships
  • Nurturing Secure Relationships
  • As You Begin
  • When You’ve Completed This Self-Study You Should Be Able To:
  • The Goslings and the Professor
  • The Professor and Attachment Behaviors
  • Mary Ainsworth’s Contributions
  • Recent Research
  • Defining Secure Attachments and Relationships
  • The Importance of Securing Relationships and Attachments
  • Brain Development and Secure Attachments
  • How Does a Secure Attachment Develop
  • Stages of Attachment Development
  • A Look at Infant Parent Bonding
  • Fostering Secure Attachments
  • Innate Behaviors That Build Bonds
  • What Can You Do to Nurture Secure Attachment Relationships with Babies in Your Care
  • Reflection
  • Reading the Child’s Signal
  • Identifying a Secure Attachment Relationship
  • An Informal Check of Secure Attachment Behaviors in Older Babies and Young Children in Your Care
  • Child and Caregiver Behavior Patterns
  • Ages and Stages of Secure Attachment
  • Developing Secure Attachments and Relationship DON’TS
  • Consequences to Continued Unavailability and Separation
  • Results of a Successful Secure Attachment Relationship
  • Attachment and Child Care Research
  • Findings from the National Institute of Child Health and Development
  • Findings from the National Institute of Child Health and Development
  • The Caregivers Responsibility
  • Difficulties that A Caregiver Will Face
  • Dealing with the Difficulties
  • Building Partnerships with the Parents
  • Professional Development Plan for Strengthening Partnerships with the Parents
  • Re-Cap
  • References
  • References
  • Supporting Websites

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