​Welcome to SAIA - Attachment Matters for All
  
SAIA aims to make sure that everyone understands the fundamental importance of attachment relationships throughout life by:
  • Providing training and consultancy in attachment and trauma to practitioners, parents and carers
  • Providing information through social media, conferences, events, newsletters and educational resources
 
Membership of SAIA is open to all 

MATCHING AFFECT AND WHY DOGS ARE A MAN’S BEST FRIEND

When we talk about putting theory into practice, there is a risk that we think of support as something we do to children. Using our knowledge of how children develop secure attachments can help us learn how to attune to them. Expressing curiosity and empathy can be more effective when we learn how to match their affect. In addition to helping children co-regulate, this way of relating can build a special trust between adult and child that may open a door to learning.
 
The link between trust and learning is often more visible in children and young people who have experienced maltreatment and disrupted attachments. The child who seems to assume the worst about our intentions towards them may also struggle to accept our help or advice. We often experience the young person who seems difficult to motivate or engage in learning as controlling or manipulative. The impression that these children are hard to reach and teach is probably linked to their difficulty feeling secure in relationships.... [read more]

​#KeepingItReal

The latest posts from David Woodier our chief blogger.

📝 KEY ADULTS, INCLUSION, AND SCHOOL TRIPS

📝 OH NO! NOT THE THINKING CHAIR

📝 CREATING A CHILD CENTRED SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA AND ATTACHMENT DIFFICULTIES

📝 IS IT REALLY A PROBLEM OF SELF-ESTEEM?
LOOKING INSIDE MAY NOT BE THE ANSWER TO HOW CHILDREN CAN FLOURISH

📝 EMOTIONALLY PROTECTING CHILDREN ALLOWS THEM TO EXPRESS WHO THEY REALLY ARE