Early Years, Child Development and Mental Health

We are looking at developing training on mental health for the Early Years sector and want establish the level of knowledge and understanding amongst professionals working across this phase. We have created this survey as a way to obtain information on what the training needs are in order to create a training programme that is useful and relevant to your day to day practice. This will help us to establish areas for training requirements.

Thank you for taking part in this survey.

1. Within your work do you promote parent/infant relationships

2. Please rate your confidence in supporting parent-infant mental health

Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent

3. Please list the interventions you use to support parent-infant mental health

4. Do you understand the importance of good attachment and how this can be developed?

I have little understanding of the importance of attachment and how it can be developed.	I have good understanding of the importance of attachment and how it can be developed, but I would benefit from more training.	I have excellent understanding of the importance of attachment and how it can be developed.	Not applicable.
I have little understanding of the importance of attachment and how it can be developed.	I have good understanding of the importance of attachment and how it can be developed, but I would benefit from more training.	I have excellent understanding of the importance of attachment and how it can be developed.	Not applicable.

5. Please rate the following:

Space Cell	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
Your knowledge of the importance of the natural bio chemicals released from the mother to support the development of attachment	Your knowledge of the importance of the natural bio chemicals released from the mother to support the development of attachment: Poor	Your knowledge of the importance of the natural bio chemicals released from the mother to support the development of attachment: Fair	Your knowledge of the importance of the natural bio chemicals released from the mother to support the development of attachment: Good	Your knowledge of the importance of the natural bio chemicals released from the mother to support the development of attachment: Excellent
Your confidence in spotting if an infant trusts their primary caregiver	Your confidence in spotting if an infant trusts their primary caregiver : Poor	Your confidence in spotting if an infant trusts their primary caregiver : Fair	Your confidence in spotting if an infant trusts their primary caregiver : Good	Your confidence in spotting if an infant trusts their primary caregiver : Excellent
Your knowledge of the causes of shame and how prevent it in young children	Your knowledge of the causes of shame and how prevent it in young children : Poor	Your knowledge of the causes of shame and how prevent it in young children : Fair	Your knowledge of the causes of shame and how prevent it in young children : Good	Your knowledge of the causes of shame and how prevent it in young children : Excellent
Your confidence in providing a secure base for babies and infants	Your confidence in providing a secure base for babies and infants : Poor	Your confidence in providing a secure base for babies and infants : Fair	Your confidence in providing a secure base for babies and infants : Good	Your confidence in providing a secure base for babies and infants : Excellent
Your knowledge of the impact of poor attachment	Your knowledge of the impact of poor attachment : Poor	Your knowledge of the impact of poor attachment : Fair	Your knowledge of the impact of poor attachment : Good	Your knowledge of the impact of poor attachment : Excellent
Your knowledge of strategies to support the development of good attachment	Your knowledge of strategies to support the development of good attachment : Poor	Your knowledge of strategies to support the development of good attachment : Fair	Your knowledge of strategies to support the development of good attachment : Good	Your knowledge of strategies to support the development of good attachment : Excellent
Your confidence in supporting an infant or child with poor attachment experiences	Your confidence in supporting an infant or child with poor attachment experiences : Poor	Your confidence in supporting an infant or child with poor attachment experiences : Fair	Your confidence in supporting an infant or child with poor attachment experiences : Good	Your confidence in supporting an infant or child with poor attachment experiences : Excellent
Your knowledge of therapeutic parenting techniques	Your knowledge of therapeutic parenting techniques : Poor	Your knowledge of therapeutic parenting techniques : Fair	Your knowledge of therapeutic parenting techniques : Good	Your knowledge of therapeutic parenting techniques : Excellent
Your confidence in recognising mental distress in babies	Your confidence in recognising mental distress in babies : Poor	Your confidence in recognising mental distress in babies : Fair	Your confidence in recognising mental distress in babies : Good	Your confidence in recognising mental distress in babies : Excellent
Your confidence in supporting babies and children to develop social interaction abilities	Your confidence in supporting babies and children to develop social interaction abilities : Poor	Your confidence in supporting babies and children to develop social interaction abilities : Fair	Your confidence in supporting babies and children to develop social interaction abilities : Good	Your confidence in supporting babies and children to develop social interaction abilities : Excellent

6. Considering the different types of attachments, can you let us know your level of understanding of each (one star = least understanding, five stars extensive understanding).

Space Cell	Rating
Secure attachment	Reset star selection 1 out of 5 stars for Secure attachment : Rating 2 out of 5 stars for Secure attachment : Rating 3 out of 5 stars for Secure attachment : Rating 4 out of 5 stars for Secure attachment : Rating 5 out of 5 stars for Secure attachment : Rating
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Avoidant attachment	Reset star selection 1 out of 5 stars for Avoidant attachment : Rating 2 out of 5 stars for Avoidant attachment : Rating 3 out of 5 stars for Avoidant attachment : Rating 4 out of 5 stars for Avoidant attachment : Rating 5 out of 5 stars for Avoidant attachment : Rating
Interventions you can use when you think a child has avoidant attachment	Reset star selection 1 out of 5 stars for Interventions you can use when you think a child has avoidant attachment: Rating 2 out of 5 stars for Interventions you can use when you think a child has avoidant attachment: Rating 3 out of 5 stars for Interventions you can use when you think a child has avoidant attachment: Rating 4 out of 5 stars for Interventions you can use when you think a child has avoidant attachment: Rating 5 out of 5 stars for Interventions you can use when you think a child has avoidant attachment: Rating
Anxious attachment	Reset star selection 1 out of 5 stars for Anxious attachment : Rating 2 out of 5 stars for Anxious attachment : Rating 3 out of 5 stars for Anxious attachment : Rating 4 out of 5 stars for Anxious attachment : Rating 5 out of 5 stars for Anxious attachment : Rating
Interventions you can use when you think a child has anxious attachment	Reset star selection 1 out of 5 stars for Interventions you can use when you think a child has anxious attachment: Rating 2 out of 5 stars for Interventions you can use when you think a child has anxious attachment: Rating 3 out of 5 stars for Interventions you can use when you think a child has anxious attachment: Rating 4 out of 5 stars for Interventions you can use when you think a child has anxious attachment: Rating 5 out of 5 stars for Interventions you can use when you think a child has anxious attachment: Rating
Disorganised attachment	Reset star selection 1 out of 5 stars for Disorganised attachment : Rating 2 out of 5 stars for Disorganised attachment : Rating 3 out of 5 stars for Disorganised attachment : Rating 4 out of 5 stars for Disorganised attachment : Rating 5 out of 5 stars for Disorganised attachment : Rating
Interventions you can use when you think a child has disorganised attachment	Reset star selection 1 out of 5 stars for Interventions you can use when you think a child has disorganised attachment: Rating 2 out of 5 stars for Interventions you can use when you think a child has disorganised attachment: Rating 3 out of 5 stars for Interventions you can use when you think a child has disorganised attachment: Rating 4 out of 5 stars for Interventions you can use when you think a child has disorganised attachment: Rating 5 out of 5 stars for Interventions you can use when you think a child has disorganised attachment: Rating

7. Are you familiar with the Coventry Grid which summarises the different behaviours of children with ASD and those with significant attachment problems

Yes	No	Not sure
Yes	No	Not sure

8. Please list interventions you use to support the development of healthy attachment

Early Years, Child Development and Mental Health

Promotion of good attachment