Implications of attachment research
- Visiting arrangements for children in hospital
- Adoptions - avoiding late adoptions
- Parenting, e.g. 'Circle of Security'
- Improving day-care quality
Day care research.
Characteristics of high-quality day care
- Low child-to-staff ratios.The NICHD study found that its day-care staff could provide sensitive care only if the ratios were as low as 3:1. Even then, day-care staff might be overwhelming and unable to offer consistent care.
- Minimal staff turnover. Schaffer identified consistency of care as one of the most important factors in good outcomes. When staff come and go, children may either fail to form attachments to the staff or, if they have formed an attachment, may suffer the anxiety associated with deprivation when the staff go.
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