Sentences with phrase «caregiver as a secure base»

At this point, the child can then rely on the caregiver as a secure base from which to explore the world.

They experience their parent or caregiver as a secure base from which they can venture out and independently explore the world.

Secure (B) attachment can be characterized by the infants» open communication of emotions and their ability to make use of the caregiver as a secure base from which to explore.

Teaching caregivers the fundamentals of attachment theory (i.e., children's use of the caregiver as a secure base from which to explore and a safe haven in times of distress) by introducing a user - friendly graphic to the caregivers that they can refer to throughout the program

Effective balance between exploration and attachment behaviors: in absence of threat, infant actively explores; when threatened retreats to caregiver (caregiver as secure base and «safe haven»)

6 - 12 months: formation and consolidation of the «specific attachment» (infant now attached as shown by greetings, following, preferential treatment when distressed, and beginning use of caregiver as a secure base

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As infants form an attachment to their caregiver, they seek proximity, safety, protection and a secure base.

The model highlights children's need to have a special caregiver who is available, not only physically but also importantly emotionally as well to be their secure base or safe haven.

Secure attachment is hypothesized to allow the child to explore the environment in unimpeded fashion, because the child expects the caregiver to be available and responsive when needed (i.e., the caregiver serves as a secure Secure attachment is hypothesized to allow the child to explore the environment in unimpeded fashion, because the child expects the caregiver to be available and responsive when needed (i.e., the caregiver serves as a secure secure base).

Ainsworth expanded on Bowlby's work with the idea that the primary caregiver acts as a secure base for exploration.

Bowlby described the infant as biologically predisposed to use the caregiver as a haven of safety, or a secure base, while exploring the environment.1 So an infant who feels threatened will turn to the caregiver for protection and comfort.

The caregiver serves as a secure base from which the child can explore and as a safe haven to which the child can return for connection in times of stress

Ainsworth's Strange Situation test demonstrated that, for young children, the primary caregiver serves as a secure base from which to explore the world.

John Bowlby (1969, 1973) referred to a child's caregiver as a «secure base» or emotional anchor from which the child derives emotional comfort.

As reported on PsyBlog, parents who are sensitive caregivers «respond to their child's signals promptly and appropriately» and «provide a secure base» for children to explore the world.

Variations in the quality of maternal caregiving shape the neurobiological systems that regulate stress reactions.18 Higher sensitivity was found in mothers and fathers who valued attachments based on their recollections of being accepted themselves and sensitively cared for as a child.27 Likewise, in close relationships with non-parental caregivers or mentors in which the child feels safe and secure, the child will make ample use of joint attention to social and non-social objects and events.

Attempts at improving caregiver sensitivity have been largely through targeting caregiver representations and / or caregiver behaviour during interactions with their children.5 However, while caregiver sensitivity is linked to the organized types of attachment (secure, avoidant, resistant), it may not be as robustly linked to disorganized attachment.6 Thus, attachment - based interventions that target child - caregiver interactions to date may not have focused on the most clinically significant caregiver behaviours to prevent or reduce disorganized attachment.

Historically, most attachment - based interventions have focused on improving caregiver sensitivity (which could be defined as the capacity to read cues and signals accurately and respond promptly and appropriately), with the assumption that this would promote secure child - caregiver attachment, which in turn would be linked to positive social and emotional outcomes.

In a meta - analysis of 70 published studies (including 9,957 children and parents, and a core set of 51 randomized controlled trials with 6,282 mothers and children), Bakermans - Kranenburg, van IJzendoorn & Juffer8 demonstrated that the most effective attachment - based interventions to improve parent sensitivity (d = 0.33, p <.001) and promote secure infant - caregiver attachment (d = 0.20, p <.001) included the following characteristics: (1) a clear and exclusive focus on behavioural training for parent sensitivity rather than a focus on sensitivity plus support, or a focus on sensitivity plus support plus internal representations (e.g. individual therapy); (2) the use of video feedback; (3) fewer than five sessions (fewer than five sessions were as effective as five to 16 sessions, and 16 sessions or more were least effective); (4) a later start, i.e. after the infant is six months or older (rather than during pregnancy or before age six months); and (5) conducted by non-professionals.

Four of the original MCAST scales were thought of as capturing secure base script knowledge in children's stories, as they fit well the description of the core elements of the secure base script (Psouni and Apetroaia 2014): Proximity (seeking contact and closeness by both child and caregiver when a difficulty arises), Sensitivity (caregiver's physical and emotional response to the child's distress, orientation to the child's behavior and state of mind), Assuagement (degree to which child's distress is moderated, both as a result of appropriate caregiver actions and because the child accepts the care and soothing — from the child's and from the coder's perspective) and Warmth (inferred caregiver emotional warmth in dealings with the child).

An important part of development occurs when children begin to explore their world, learning to use their caregivers as a «secure base» from which to venture out into their environment.

The test was designed for use with children aged 7 - years or older (Psouni and Apetroaia 2014; Psouni et al. 2015) and the continuous, single variable score from it, reflecting scripted secure base knowledge, converges with evidence of secure base availability and responsiveness of caregivers as assessed by the Friends and Family Interview (Steele and Steele 2005), an attachment interview appropriate for use with children in this age group (Psouni and Apetroaia 2014).