Halton Neglect Strategy Launch Event Impact of Neglect on Children’s Development and Attachment.
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Halton Neglect StrategyLaunch Event
Impact of Neglect on Children’s Development and Attachment
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What is healthy attachment?
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What can disrupt attachment development?
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Examples of Impact
• The Strange Situation - Mary Ainsworth
• Secure, Insecure, Avoidant & Ambivalent Attachment in Mothers & Babies
• Still Face Experiment: Dr. Edward Tronick
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Attachment Basics
• Safe Haven• Secure Base• Proximity Maintenance• Separation Distress
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Impact of neglect
• Parent does not know how to respond• Physical environment unsafe• Impact on social development• Impact on speech and language
development
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Neuroscience
• At birth we have all the synapses we will ever have in our brain
• Greatest period of brain development is 0-3 with a further spurt in teenage years
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Neuroscience
• Brain reliant for development on appropriate care, stimulation and attachment
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Neuroscience and Neglect
• Evidence showing physical impact on neglect on brain development but controversial
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Neuroscience and Neglect
• Graham Allen Report 2011
• ‘Early Intervention: The Next Steps’
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-intervention-the-next-steps--2
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Neuroscience and neglect
• Brain does have “plasticity” and can be helped to develop further when lost opportunities but damage may be long lasting into adulthood
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Early Intervention
• Child/parent unlikely to say need support
• Professionals need to be alert to signs and indicators and have “healthy scepticism”
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Disguised Compliance
• Present in over 70% of serious case reviews with neglect
• Sue Woolmore – Disguised Compliance
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Early Intervention
• Recognise• Do• Support• Change
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Summary
Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change