Attachment-focused Parenting: Create a PLACE with your Children

Instructor(s):

Dan Hughes, Ph.D

Certification Duration: Forever

Course completion window: 30 days

Course Description

Secure parent-child attachments are essential to healthy child development, but often adoption can present challenges to the process.

World renowned attachment expert Dr. Dan Hughes shares family-centered strategies using the PLACE framework (Playfulness, Love, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy). These strategies will help you learn how to connect to your child as a toddler, tween and teen and maintain a secure attachment relationship.

Topics covered:

Advice on connecting with your child through their development
Expert insights into attachment and attunement
Information on finding professional support and resources

Credit Hours: 1.0

Free Resources

Positive Adoption Language

By using – and teaching others about – positive adoptive language, adoptive families help tear down adoption misconceptions. This article helps families understand which phrases and words are the most positive and why.