What aspects of research in attachment are essential to consider in foster care placements or systems?

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  • What aspects of research in attachment are essential to consider in foster care placements or systems?
  • What are some of the everyday situations in early life-span development that influence attachment style?
  • In what way is attachment a bidirectional process?
  • How do children with disorganized attachments’ lives look different from those with healthier attachments?
  • How does attachment style early in life influence our attachments later in adulthood?
  • How does the concept of attachment style apply to any of the following programmatic themes? You may want to review the Programmatic Themes document.
    • Self-care
    • Social justice
    • Emotional intelligence
    • Career connections
    • Ethics

 

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Young children in the child welfare system are susceptible to behavioral and physiological dysregulation. These children need nurturing care to develop organized attachments to caregivers, synchronous care to support their physiological and behavioral regulation, and stable caregivers who can commit to them, supporting their sense of self and behavioral regulation. Without intervention at the parent and system level, most children involved with the child welfare system are unlikely to have these needs met. We present two models of an intervention designed to enhance parents' synchrony and nurturance and highlight aspects of the system that can improve the stability and