Multigenerational Trauma and the Impacts on Attachment and Bonding

Workshop Objectives: 

Facilitate an understanding of ‘Attachment’ 

Understand how different kinds of interactions with children can create different types of attachment patterns in children 

Gain a better understanding of the emotional impacts that historical trauma and colonization has had on First Nations people 

Discuss and review some of the developmental impacts of intergenerational trauma (exposure to domestic violence, addictions, neglect, separation) on children 

Discuss the importance of, and strategies for, developing strong bonds and attachments with children