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Circle of Security Workshop Recap

1. The staff workshop discussed the "Circle of Security", which explains how children use their attachment figure (usually a parent) for security and exploration. When feeling secure, children explore their world, but return to their attachment figure when needing security. 2. The workshop explained how disruptions to this secure attachment can occur if the attachment figure is unavailable or responds incorrectly to the child's needs. Videos provided examples of proper and improper uses of the circle of security. 3. While the material was informative and the videos helped explain the concept, the workshop seemed more geared towards parents rather than the child educators in attendance. Customizing the presentation specifically for educators may have made it more beneficial.

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Circle of Security Workshop Recap

1. The staff workshop discussed the "Circle of Security", which explains how children use their attachment figure (usually a parent) for security and exploration. When feeling secure, children explore their world, but return to their attachment figure when needing security. 2. The workshop explained how disruptions to this secure attachment can occur if the attachment figure is unavailable or responds incorrectly to the child's needs. Videos provided examples of proper and improper uses of the circle of security. 3. While the material was informative and the videos helped explain the concept, the workshop seemed more geared towards parents rather than the child educators in attendance. Customizing the presentation specifically for educators may have made it more beneficial.

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Placement: Ontario Early Years (Cumberland)

Purpose:
Today I attended a staff workshop at the ROCK location
Reason for completing the task.
in Oakville. The meeting was on the Circle of
This could be based on an
Security. The circle of security is the concept of how
observation you made, a
children use their attachment figure during exploration.
conversation between you and your The attachment figure is the secure base for the child.
site supervisor, etc.
When the child decides to leave the base, they explore
their world. When they feel that they need security
again, they have their attachment figure as a safe place
for them to return too. Once the child feels that they
have satisfied their emotional needs, they venture out
again. The workshop explained this circle and some of
the complications that arise with it. These include; an
inability for the child to leave the safe base, an inability
to return to the safe place or a break of the circle all
together. This is when the figure responds incorrectly or
not at all. The workshop explained in detail how this
circle of security works and how it can be applied in the
field.
Task:
What are you planning in response Objectives:
to your purpose?
1. To explain to the staff what the circle of security
-Label your task (e.g. bulletin
is.
board focused on the importance of
2. To explain to the participants, the affect that the
play-based learning).
circle of security has on a child when used
-What are your 3 objectives for this
properly.
experience? (i.e. Why are you
3. To define the role of the attachment figure in the
creating a bulletin board on the
circle of security.
importance of plat based learning?
4. To help the staff to better understand how they
What message are you sending?)
can use the circle of security in the field for
assisting parents.
Describe the experience:
-Describe the completion of the
Description:
task, with a step by step
1. The workshop was very full, with around 50
description.
attendants. These included OEYC staff, ROCK
staff, therapists etc.
2. The session was delivered by two professionals
who attended a three-day workshop on the
topic.
3. There were numerous videos to provide
examples of the circle of security in use.

Reflection:
-What went well?
Provide examples of how you know
it went well.
-What didnt go well? Provide
examples of how you know it didnt
go well.
-What did you learn?
-What might you do differently next
time you implement this same task
and why?
-Did you make any adaptation or
modifications? If so, what were
they?
-What type of experience might you
plan to extend on this one?

The workshop was very interesting and touched on a


topic that is very important in the early years. The
material was delivered through videos; which made it
much easier to follow along. Additionally, the workshop
showed many examples of parents using the circle of
security. This helped with seeing the concept in action. I
learned a lot about how a parents past can interrupt the
circle of security, and therefore, affect how they attend
to their childs emotions. Some parents have issues
dealing with specific emotions displayed by their child
due to their past and how their parents handled that
specific emotion for them. The workshop overall was
very educational, however, it was geared more towards
parents. I believe it may have been a little more
beneficial if they managed to gear it more towards child
educators, since that is who was present at the
workshop.

Field Supervisors Feedback:

Signature:

Date: Thursday November 10th 2016

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