Each assessment and intervention will be individually tailored depending on the presenting difficulties and needs identified. These will be discussed as part of the referral process.
Assessment methods can include:
- Care Index
- Narrative Story Stems
- Marshak Intervention method
- Meaning of the Child Interview
- Adult Attachment Interview
- Child Attachment Interview
- School age assessment of attachment
- Observations in school and home environment
- Trauma index
- Sibling assessments
- Video assessments
- Psychological measures
Interventions offered:
- DDP informed (Level 2 training completed and practice regularly supervised from a certified DDP consultant)
- Play Therapy
- Theraplay
- Parent reflection sessions
- Whole family interventions informed by Theraplay and DDP to focus on strengthening relationships.
- Mental health interventions such as Dialect Behavioural Therapy and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Mindfulness
- Group work for children and adults
For more information
https://www.wp.theraplay.org/uk/
https://ddpnetwork.org/about-ddp/
http://www.meaningofthechild.org/
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/cognitive-behavioural-therapy-cbt/
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/adoption-support-fund-asf
