Establishing a Trauma-Informed Caregiver-Child Relationship in the Wake of Covid

Melissa Lunardini, MA, MBA, FT

Training Description

For some families, especially those with system involved youth, Covid-19 was the catalyst for nonstop stress, distress, and trauma. Literature shows that under persistent states of stress, family systems can become compromised in areas such as parenting practices, communication, routines, structure, and emotional cohesion (Sheidow, et al., 2014). Research suggests that strong family cohesion, positive parenting practices and structure are associated with building resiliency in youth (Haine, et al., 2008). Through incorporating the evidence-based framework of Attachment, Regulation, and Competency (ARC), attendees will be able to increase their knowledge in these three domains and receive applicable strategies to utilize in a group or individual settings that help facilitate the restoration of familial cohesion between caregivers and youth (Blaustein & Kinniburgh, 2018). The ARC framework is effective with diverse populations, across various developmental stages, and can be applied in clinical and nonclinical settings (Arvidson,…