The ATTACH team have been using DDP informed practice as the foundation of our service for many years. Clinically we have been aware of the benefits of this approach for children, families and our colleagues, however we are aware that despite a clear theoretical framework there is little empirical evidence to support this approach. We therefore seized the opportunity to contribute to this developing evidence base.
We are a multi-disciplinary therapeutic team (Clinical Psychologists, Senior Practitioners in Social Work, and an Educational Psychologist) working with adoptive, special guardianship and foster care families in Oxfordshire.
Our work uses an understanding of attachment theory and developmental trauma to understand the needs of children who have been neglected or abused and who no longer live with their birth parents.
Staff involved in the study:
Catherine Naysmith - Clinical Psychologist
Claire Holdaway - Clinical Psychologist
Fay Dollimore - Clinical Psychologist
Kate Elliott - Senior Practitioner/Social Worker
Lynsey Wyatt – Senior Practitioner/Social Worker
Lydia Stone, Clinical Psychologist
Lydia Vella – Clinical Psychologist
Sonya Godley - Senior Practitioner/Social Worker
The ATTACH Team
Nash Court, 4440 John Smith Drive
Oxford Business Park South
Cowley, OX4 2RU
01865 897083