Everyday Attachment (Part 1): Raising Emotionally Secure Children
Course Overview
Everyday Attachment (Part 1): Raising Emotionally Secure Children is a self-paced online course grounded in attachment theory, developmental psychology, and modern neuroscience. It helps parents and caregivers understand how secure attachment forms, why it matters across the lifespan, and how everyday moments of responsive care shape a child’s emotional wellbeing, brain development, and sense of safety. The course translates research into clear, compassionate guidance you can use from pregnancy through childhood and beyond.
Course Information
- Format: Self-paced online course
- Approach: Attachment-informed, neuroscience-based, developmentally focused
- Who it is for: Parents, grandparents, foster and adoptive parents, and anyone in a caregiving role
- Suitable for: Pregnancy through adolescence
- Focus: Building emotionally secure, responsive, and nurturing relationships
- Prerequisites: None — no prior psychology or neuroscience knowledge required
What Will You Learn?
- What attachment is, how it begins (even before birth), and why it is essential
- How early relationships shape the brain, nervous system, and emotional regulation
- Why babies and children need co-regulation and cannot manage stress alone
- How calm, responsive caregiving supports emotional and physical health
- How children develop internal working models that shape lifelong relationships
- The four attachment styles and how they show up in behaviour and emotions
- Why secure attachment supports confidence, resilience, empathy, and wellbeing
- How attachment can be strengthened at any age, even after disruption or stress
- How to parent with compassion, clarity, and confidence — without needing perfection
Course Features
- Self-paced, flexible online learning
- Clear, plain-language explanations of attachment and neuroscience
- Practical, real-life caregiving insights
- Designed for everyday parenting and family life
- Applicable across developmental stages, from pregnancy to adolescence
Estimated Duration
The course will take approximately 1 hour to complete.
