### Video Summary
**Title:** Forming a Foundation that Nurtures Secure Attachment at All Ages
**Presenter:** Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes
**Link:** [Watch the video](https://youtu.be/szThsSAmi1k?si=SeCbD5VyHP_yUp-N)
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#### Introduction
- Importance of secure attachment throughout life
- Explanation of the CARES approach to creating secure attachment
- Identifying challenges and promoting secure attachment in different age groups
#### CARES Approach to Secure Attachment
1. **Consistency**: Caregivers must be reliably present and dependable.
2. **Attention**: Providing necessary attention and presence to children.
3. **Responsiveness**: Addressing children's needs promptly and effectively.
4. **Empathy**: Validating and empathizing with children's feelings.
5. **Solutions**: Helping children learn to regulate emotions and solve problems.
#### Effects of Secure Attachment
- Individuals feel lovable and worthy of support
- Learn that others are available and responsive
- Develop good emotional regulation skills
- Tolerate frustration and distress
- Gain a sense of self-efficacy and resilience
- Comfortable with ambiguity and changes
- Effective communication and problem-solving skills
#### Promoting Secure Attachment in Infancy
- Meeting biological needs (food, shelter, comfort)
- Protecting from overstimulation
- Ensuring safety and consistent presence
- Providing attention, affection, and unconditional positive regard
- Building trust and self-confidence
#### Promoting Secure Attachment in Toddlers and Preschoolers
- Encouraging self-esteem and self-efficacy
- Supporting autonomy and initiative
- Being consistent and responsive to needs
- Encouraging exploration and experimentation
- Helping them understand and regulate their emotions
- Developing empathy and problem-solving skills through play
#### Promoting Secure Attachment in Middle and High School
- Supporting exploration and independence
- Understanding and allowing secure attachments with peers
- Setting and maintaining consistent limits and rules
- Being empathetic and authentic during disagreements
- Modeling emotion regulation and distress tolerance
- Sustaining goal-directed partnerships and mutual respect
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### Time Codes for Major Points
02:00 Introduction to secure attachment and CARES approach
10:30 Effects of secure attachment at any age
20:00 Promoting secure attachment in infancy
30:45 Importance of consistency and responsiveness for toddlers
45:15 Encouraging exploration and self-efficacy in preschoolers
01:00:00 Supporting independence and peer attachments in adolescents
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