PO558: Attachment and Well-Being in Modern Families

  • PMD: 5,8
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Introduction
  • Poster Session 6: Promoting Social and Emotional Development

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. explain caregiver attachment and its effects on youth well-being;
  2. consider attachment in light of developing technology, cultural backgrounds, and gender roles; and
  3. provide practical recommendations for supporting students from a family-systems lens.

Description

Understanding how parents connect with their children provides insight about student experiences and behaviors. Implications for school-based practice are discussed with a focus on providing support from a family-systems perspective.

Presenter(s)

Esther Y. Lee, UMass Amherst
Ariana N. Saporito, UMass Amherst
Jesslynn Rocha Neves, UMass Amherst

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