Presented by Shari Kidwell, Ph.D., Kalinda Cade, M.S., LPA, & Kimberly Meade, B.S.

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Workshop Description:

     This workshop utilizes an attachment perspective to conceptualize parenting difficulties, as well as introducing two interventions developed for parents with trauma experiences. Attachment is defined as one’s strategy for managing exposure to danger (Crittenden, 2015); however, individual’s strategies for dealing with childhood trauma can create challenges for them as parents. This talk describes Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch Up and Circle of Security interventions as very promising, strengths-based interventions for helping parents become the kind of caregiver they strive to be.

Workshop Objectives: 

Based on the content of this workshop, attendees will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of the two primary attachment strategies and trauma processing types most likely to be seen in combination with parenting challenges.
• Identify the four primary targets of Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up, including recognizing examples of how each is addressed in the intervention.
• Recognize common dyadic patterns seen in parents with trauma and their young children, particularly how Circle of Security conceptualizes those patterns.

Skill Level:

Beginner 

About the Presenter:

     Shari Kidwell, Psy.D. is Associate Professor of Psychology at Morehead State University. She has conducted a longitudinal study of Eastern Kentucky families for the past 18 years, with an emphasis on attachment, parenting, and adjustment. This work has demonstrated the intergenerational impact of parents’ insecure attachment and trauma, in spite of how hard most parents try to not repeat the dangers they themselves experienced. Dr. Kidwell has targeted these processes in a pilot intervention study, through which she earned certification in Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up.

     Kalinda "Katie" Cade, M.S. is a Licensed Psychological Associate at Pathways, Inc. She helped develop Pathways’ In Bloom program, where she works with parents with young children, referred from the HANDS (Health Access Nurturing Development Services) program and the Department of Community Based Services. In Bloom serves parents struggling with depression, anxiety, and substance use, many of whom have experienced trauma. Ms. Cade is a Circle of Security Facilitator, a certified Moving Beyond Depression Therapist, and a Trauma-Informed Care Trainer for the state of Kentucky.

     Kimberly Meade is a graduate student in the M.S. Clinical Psychology Program at Morehead State University. She is currently completing a practicum in the In Bloom program. Ms. Meade is interested in pursuing a career in early childhood mental health, and her skills in this area are deepened through training in ABA.

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