An attachment-based training for mental health professionals and parent educators who work with families.
Presenter: Kent Hoffman, Circle of Security® Co-originator
Dates:
Tuesday February 23 to Friday February 26, 2016. (Four days, 9am-5pm)
Location:
Cary, North Carolina (Ten-minute drive from RDU International Airport)
Sponsors:
The NC Psychoanalytic Foundation and the NC Psychoanalytic Society
Participants in this 4-day training program are mental health professionals and parent educators who work with families. Kent Hoffman, Co-originator of the Circle of Security®, will train participants to use the Circle of Security®Parenting™ DVD, manual and handouts to lead an 8-week parent education group in the community. This program gives participants the practical tools to demonstrate and transmit the heart of attachment theory to caregivers, in groups and in individual counseling.
Take a look at this animated video, giving a tour of the Circle of Security
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Connecting Attachment Theory To Practical Application
Circle of Security® Parenting™ is rooted in psychoanalytic theory, decades of attachment research, and current affective neuroscience. Circle of Security® Parenting™ has forged the missing links between attachment theory and practical application with caregivers.
Participants Learn a Unique Approach To Help Parents
- Understand the basic principles of attachment.
- Recognize and sensitively respond to their children's needs.
- Identify their strengths and weaknesses in supporting both connection and exploration.
- Increase self-reflection and self-compassion.
- Build capacities for being "Bigger, Stronger, Wiser, and Kind."
Who Should Attend?
Social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, early childhood educators, pastoral and lay ministers, school counselors, nurses, infant mental health specialists, public health workers, home visitors, family life educators, and anyone providing parenting education or counseling to parents of young children.
Where Can Circle Of Security Parenting Be Offered In The Community?
Participants in this training can use Circle of Security® Parenting™ with individuals and in groups, in agencies or private practice, and in a variety of community settings, such as preschools, primary schools, faith-based organizations, adoption agencies, pediatric or OB/gyn offices, La Leche League, mental health clinics, substance abuse programs, departments of social services, public health clinics, community health centers, family medicine practices, and prisons.
Who Is The Target Client Population?
Although Circle of Security® Parenting™ materials are targeted for use with caregivers of children, five years and under, participants will learn attachment concepts and reflective skills applicable to people at all stages of life.
What Do Participants Gain From The Training?
- A new set of attachment-based ideas, skills and tools for working with parents.
- Participants who complete the four-day training are granted a license, with no future fees, to use the Circle of Security® Parenting™ DVD and manual to work with parents individually and in small groups.
- Participants can choose to have Circle of Security® Parenting™ materials in English, Spanish, Italian or Japanese.
What Is The Cost?
Cost to register by January 26, 2016 is $900. The cost with late registration is $1,000.
Members of the NC Psychoanalytic Foundation and Society are eligible for a 15% discount with a Host Group Code.
For groups of 5-9 people, 10% discount.
For groups of 10 or more, 15% discount.
Scholarships are available to staff of non-profit organizations. See below.
How To Register?
Are Scholarships Available?
To encourage participation by
North Carolina non-profit organizations serving disadvantaged families with young children, the NC Psychoanalytic Foundation will award grants to selected non-profit organizations to cover half ($450) of the cost of tuition for up to two staff members or volunteers from each organization.
Grant applications must be received by January 15, 2016.
Contact Kerry Waite with questions about scholarships:
[email protected]
Are Continuing Education Credits Available?
The NC Psychoanalytic Society designates this program to be eligible for up to 24 CE hours for Licensed Professional Counselors and up to 9 Category A CE units for psychologists. Letters of attendance will be provided to all other attendees. See below for details. Instruction will be given at an introductory to intermediate level.
