'My Family' is a unique assessment tool which ensures parent-child relationships are at the heart of children's safeguarding assessments and intervention

Attachment Theory

'My Family' assessment incorporates key concepts from Attachment Theory to enable practitioners to support parents to explore and understand the functioning of their relationship(s) with their child/ren.

By focusing on the 'Disruptive Risks' within and surrounding the parent-child relationship(s), the assessment encourages practitioners to formulate recommendations that help increase safety within the relationship(s).

Why is Attachment Theory important?

If relationships are where things developmentally go wrong, then relationships are where they are most likely to be put right!"

David Howe