Information and features
Published
(Updated )
University of Helsinki
Attachment and Social Relationships among Children at Social Risk
5 cr
The course aims to provide information about the social development of children at risk, who have experienced or are currently experiencing physically and psychologically threatening situations. Modern approaches to understanding the development of such children use the cumulative model of risk factors (e.g. Zeanah & Sonuga-Barke, 2016). Biological predisposition, family environment, and cultural, community, and societal factors all influence a child's functioning and adaptation. The course is taught using parent-child interaction procedures such as PCERA (Clark et al., 1985) and CARE-Index (Crittenden, 2009), as well as the Strange Situation Procedure video clips (Ainsworth et al., 1978). Additionally, longitudinal video observations of children in toddler psychotherapeutic groups and consulting sessions will be used. Various approaches to understanding and evaluating parent-child interaction and attachment will be considered (M. Ainsworth et al., 1978; M. Main, 1990; P. Crittenden, 2009, 2016; Lyon-Ruth, 1999; Beebe et al., 2010).
Course content:
· Social and emotional development during infancy and early and preschool childhood
· Development of attachment during childhood
· Caregivers' childhood experience and its influence on parenting: psychological causes of insensitive parenting
· Characteristics of the emotional state and behaviour of children experiencing predictable and unpredictable rejection from caregivers.
· Hidden forms of rejection: children from non-at-risk families exhibit disturbances typically observed in children from at-risk groups.
· Main principles of early intervention with at-risk families
Contains
Check the institution’s website for the required studies.
No active implementations at present.
Additional information and registration
- Price and registration period
Check on the university's website
Additional information:
Fields
Social sciences
Scope
5 cr
Code
KSV-SP214
Organiser
University of Helsinki
Contact details
uni-help@helsinki.fi