Circle Of Security
Circle of Security | Parenting Program | Grand Junction | Fruita | Colorado
The Circle of Security is a visual map of attachment. The Circle of Security figure is a central visual used as part of interventions for caregivers, all of which are focused on helping caregivers reflect upon children’s attachment needs in order to promote secure attachment with a child.
This intensive intervention uses portions of the video content from COSP to help parents or caregivers learn about and reflect on key elements of the Circle while also using standardized videotaped assessments of each caregiver-child dyad and reviewing key moments from those interactions to “personalize” the view of each attachment relationship.
Here are some founding principles that underlie the Circle of Security models of intervention:
1. Attachment problems in infancy and early childhood increase the probability of psychopathology later on in life.
2. Secure attachment relationships with caregivers are a protective factor for infants and preschoolers, setting the foundation for social competence and promoting effective functioning of the emotion regulation and stress response systems.
3. The quality of the attachment relationship is amenable to change.
4. Learning, including therapeutic change, occurs from within a secure base relationship.
5. Lasting change in the attachment relationship comes from caregivers’ developing specific relationship capacities rather than learning techniques to manage behavior.
6. All caregivers want what is best for their children.
What is Circle of Security Video:
Circle Of Security Parenting Program
At times all parents feel lost or without a clue about what our child might need from us. Imagine what it might feel like if you were able to make sense of what your child was really asking from you. The Circle of Security® Parenting™ program is based on decades of research about how secure parent-child relationships can be supported and strengthened.
Imagine what it might feel like if you were able to make sense of what your child was really asking from you. The COSP program is based on decades of research about how secure parent-child relationships can be supported and strengthened.
Using the COSP™ model developed by the Circle of Security originators, our trained Facilitators work with parents and care-givers to help them to:
Understand their child’s emotional world by learning to read emotional needs
Support their child’s ability to successfully manage emotions
Enhance the development of their child’s self esteem
Honor the innate wisdom and desire for their child to be secure
Learn more about COSP Here