Care ● Compassion ● Community
Foundations for Attachment
• The programme was developed by Dr Kim Golding (2017) and is informed by the
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) model developed by Dan Hughes,
2011
• The groups were devised to provide much needed support for foster parents,
residential carers, kinship carers and parents who have adopted.
• The groups are part of the package of support (Social Work, TTLAAC, CAMHS,
Learning Disability Services, and supplement individual parenting support and
therapeutic interventions as needed.
• Participants express high satisfaction upon attending the groups and in the most
recent evaluations, report positive and statistically significant changes to their
self-efficacy, competence and reflective function. This is despite the continuing
challenges presented by the children and the high levels of stress experienced by
many parents.