Dyadic Developmental Practice Training

Dyadic Developmental Practice (DDP) is a model we use at Safe Network to support children to recover from trauma and disrupted attachments through parenting, education and therapy. A second cohort of our clinicians have recently attended Level 1 DDP training to develop their skills in supporting parents and caregivers to:

▪️ensure that the child and their behaviour is understood, and that the child feels as safe as is possible at home, in school, and in social activities.

▪️support those who are involved in parenting the child to develop the most effective ways of helping and supporting the child, to manage behaviours that are concerning to the child and to others.

▪️support the child to develop as much attachment security as is possible through consistent and attuned parenting, having a safe place to live in a home that is as permanent as possible.

▪️be proactive with foster and adoptive families, and the networks around them, in promoting the most effective supports and interventions to be in place for the child and the parent(s), such as educational, social, practical as well as therapeutic.

▪️enable whoever is in the most permanent, safest, consistent and attuned primary parenting role with the child, understand the child in the context of their history and experiences.

Our aim, through DDP is to help parents and caregivers to feel safe and connected through the development of healthy patterns of relating and communicating, and staying emotionally connected with their children, especially through times of challenging behaviour.