Breakout
Session
The Intergenerational Impact: Understanding Parental Development, Attachment, and Trauma-Informed Co-Regulation
Date, time, and room location:
Breakout Session C
This is a repeat session.
Breakout Session D
Session overview
Session Description
Early relational trauma can have a profound impact on an individual's emotional regulation and, in turn, affect their capacity for parenting. This presentation explores how a parent's own history of relational trauma can influence their ability to provide the consistent and attuned care necessary for a child's developing emotional regulation.
Learning objectives
- The "spillover effect" of parental stress and trauma on the parent-child relationship and attachment formation.
- How parent-child co-regulation can be disrupted by past trauma and what this means for a child's development.
- Trauma-informed approaches to help parents build their own emotional resilience.
- Practical ways to support the parent-child bond, even when parents are navigating their own history of emotional challenges.