About this event
There are many child development theories that help professionals understand how a child learns, interacts, relates and play – these theories play an important role for therapists in helping us to understand our child and adult clients – what environmental & relational factors help a child thrive and what hinders development, leaving a person barely able to survive.
In this workshop we’ll draw upon child development theories, to understand a child’s early years, including:-
- object relations theory
- exploring how Freud’s psychosexual theory can still offer insight today
- Jean Piaget’s cognitive development theory
- Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory
- Diana Baumrind’s Parenting Styles Theory
- parts theory
Within these theories you’ll gain an understanding of the factors that enable a child to thrive – a strong sense of self, confidence in relationships and a capacity for agency in the world – and what can happen to rupture a child’s development resulting in poor self esteem, dysfunctional patterns of relating and feeling inadequate in the world.
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- To gain an understanding of what helps a child to thrive
- To understand a range of child development theories
- To explore the ruptures that can take place for a child in their development
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- To deepen insight into your clients early years and it’s impact