The Strange Situation Procedure (SSP) is a standardized observational assessment method of children’s attachment security. The SSP is filmed prior to the CoS group sessions and then excerpts are viewed during the sessions to examine and discuss the strengths and...

Child maltreatment disrupts the normal, healthy and essential growth and development of a child. According to Cicchetti and Toth (2005) a maltreated child is deprived of the skills he or she needs to successfully meet the challenges of life. He or she instead is...

Attachment became the name for what Bowlby considered the love and connection shared between an infant and his or her mother (Bowlby, 1969; Karen, 1998). Attachment is a process that begins at birth and continues throughout the first years of life, has many...