- 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…
- explain caregiver attachment and its effects on youth well-being;
- consider attachment in light of developing technology, cultural backgrounds, and gender roles; and
- 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