Making Research Count (University of York) in
collaboration with the University of Hull
This event is aimed at staff with policy, operational or training responsibilities
for the development and delivery of children’s services in social work and
social care, as well as those working in health and education.
Tuesday 22nd May 2012
12.30pm – 4pm
(registration from 11.45am)
A light lunch will be provided
Dennison Centre, 173-175 Cottingham Road, Hull HU5 2EG
**THIS IS A ‘RE-RUN’ OF AN EVENT HELD IN JULY 2011, REPEATED DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND**
Attachment Theory and Attachment-based Interventions
Dr David Howe, Emeritus Professor of Social Work
University of East Anglia
(Chair – Paul Dyson, Independent Social Worker)
Attachment theory focuses on the bond formed between a child and its primary caregiver, and on the
way in which this influences the emotional development of the child. Knowledge of attachment theories can help
social workers in their assessments, and determine pathways, and therefore can make a significant difference to
longer term outcomes. Two presentations will be given at this seminar.
In the first, there will be a brief outline of normal psychosocial development in the context of ‘good enough’
parent-child relationships, including mention of secure attachments, affect regulation, and Perry’s model of
neurosequential development. Having sketched the developmental picture under optimal conditions, the talk will
then consider the developmental consequences for children who suffer abuse, neglect and relational
trauma. Parents whose caregiving is described as hostile, helpless, neglectful and out-of-control tend to report
difficult and distressed relationship histories themselves. Some of the mechanisms that link the parents’ own
experiences of difficult childhoods and their current helpless, neglectful caregiving will be explored.
The second presentation builds on the principles outlined in the first. The principles of attachment-based
assessments and interventions will be briefly outlined as they relate to primary, secondary and
tertiary interventions. The concept of sensory, somatic and affect ‘regulation’ will be mentioned including a (very)
short note on Perry’s Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT).
Dr David Howe is Emeritus Professor at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. He has research interests in
emotional development, developmental attachment theory, and child abuse and neglect. His more recent
publications include Attachment Theory for Social Work Practice (1995), Attachment Theory, Child Maltreatment and Family
Support: a practice and assessment model (1999, with colleagues), Adoption, Search and Reunion: the long term experience
of adopted adults (with Julia Feast, The Children’s Society 2000 and BAAF 2004), Child Abuse and Neglect: attachment,
development and intervention (2005), The Emotionally Intelligent Social Worker (2008), and Attachment Across the
Lifecourse: A brief introduction (2011).
Paul Dyson is an Independent Social Worker and Researcher. He is the Independent Chairperson of the Hull
Safeguarding Children Board, and has conducted Serious Case Reviews in both Children and Adult Services. He
worked for Local Authority Social Care services for thirty years. Since leaving Local Authority work he has sought to
integrate his core interests of social work practice and management alongside research and teaching of social work.
He has had a long association with Making Research Count initially as a Local Authority contact, but also as an
interim Coordinator and contributor to local and national events.
The seminars in this series are free for nominated staff from member agencies of Making Research Count (York) - see overleaf for
details – and open to staff from other agencies at a fee of £50 per seminar. A Booking Form can be found overleaf – please return to your
Making Research Count (York) contact in your agency if you come from a member agency.
Booking Form
Attachment Theory
Tuesday 22nd May 2012
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 8 MAY
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*MRC Member agency staff applying for a FREE nominated place should return this form direct to their named Contact
(see below for details).
Please return Booking Form to:
Jane Phythian, Making Research Count (University of York), Dept. of Social Policy & Social Work, University of York, Heslington, YORK, YO10 5DD
Email: jane.phythian@york.ac.uk
Tel: 01904 321237
Website: http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/spsw/mrc
List of Children’s Services Contacts for Making Research Count (University of York) agency members
City of York Council
Christine Shipley
01904 553 026
christine.shipley@york.gov.uk
East Riding
Angela Grasby
01482 396 411
angela.grasby@eastriding.gov.uk
Hull
Janice Barnby
01482 318 479
janice.barnby@eastriding.gov.uk
Leeds
Rachael Simoes
0113 2475 769
rachael.simoes@leeds.gov.uk
North East Lincolnshire
Ros Garrod-Mason
01472 298 435
ros.garrod-mason@nelincs.nhs.uk
North Yorkshire
Vikki Lewis
01609 533 258
Wakefield
Aga Knowles
01924 305 690
CYPSworkforcedevelopmentunit@northyorks.gov.uk
aknowles@wakefield.gov.uk