The latest research news and announcements from the DDP Network are listed below.
DDP Research Announcements
Evaluations of Kim Golding’s Nurturing Attachments Programme published
17 October 2019
The Nurturing Attachments groupwork programme is a DDP-informed intervention developed by Kim Golding. In 2016 the UK Government’s DfE funded Adoptionplus to carry out an evaluation of the programme across 4 geographical sites for adoptive families. This involved a quantitative…
‘Adoptive parents’ experiences of dyadic developmental psychotherapy’ by Ben Gurney-Smith, Megan Wingfield in Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
5 November 2018
Adoptive parents’ experiences of dyadic developmental psychotherapy by Ben Gurney-Smith and Megan Wingfield has been published in Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Understanding the experiences of parents receiving DDP with their children is important and has implications for practice and further research. This is…
DDPI publish ‘Measurement in DDP’ research guidance
12 June 2017
DDPI is pleased to announce the publication of Measurement in DDP: Guidance for practitioners and services. Developed by Dr. Ben Gurney-Smith and Dr. Sian Phillips, this guidance is designed to encourage the evaluation and understanding of DDP in a range of…
Nurturing Attachments Group confirmed effective intervention for supporting adoptive parents
5 October 2016
The UK Government’s Department for Education funded Adoptionplus to carry out an evaluation of the Nurturing Attachments groupwork programme developed by Kim Golding. The results of this qualitative and quantitive study were presented at Woburn Abbey on 29th September 2016.…