Assessment of Representational Risk on the Parent Development Interview (ARR-PDI)
Parent Development Interviews (Slade et al, 2004) that tap into parents’ representations of their child, themselves as parents, and the parent-child relationship can provide rich and meaningful information about the quality of the attachment relationship between a child and their caregiver.
About this training
This training will provide a theoretical overview of the features of parental representations that are associated with risk and resilience in the parent-child relationship. This compliments the Reflective Functioning (RF) on the PDI course.
Trainees will also be introduced to a coding system that can be used to assess these features in PDI transcripts, the “Assessment of Representational Risk” (ARR). The system has been used in coding e.g. clinical, prison, war traumatized, and substance-abusing samples of mothers, and has been found to be very helpful and informative in these (high) risk samples. The PDI RF coding system provides one method of assessing the quality of how parents think and talk about their relationship with their child, i.e. the mentalizing capacity. However, the PDI can be used to assess other clinically relevant aspects of parental representations which are complex and multifaceted.
Aims of this training
The aim of this training is to provide participants with a broader multidimensional view on some of the other current theoretical and empirical ideas around the assessment of parental representations. This will enable practitioners to further their understanding of, and capacity to:
familiarise participants with current research and theory relating to parental representations and attachment
introduce the Assessment of Representational Risk (ARR) coding frame
give participants some experience of coding interviews with the ARR coding frame.
Who is this training for?
Clinical, academic and research professionals working with children and their caregivers who are interested in learning more about the assessment of parent-child relationships.
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Participants will have the opportunity following the training to complete the reliability test for the ARR coding system. This will entail independently coding a set of interviews and the scores will be compared with the trainer-agreed scores. Passing the reliability test will enable practitioners to use the coding confidently in their own practice. Taking the reliability test will enable participants to use the ARR instrument in research.
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This half day introduction to the Parent Development Interview (PDI) is a preparatory training session for those doing the training in the Assessment of Representational Risk and who are not familiar with the PDI. Those who have already trained in the Reflective Functioning coding of the PDI and those who have used the interview in their own work previously do not need to attend this session.
The training will introduce trainees to the interview schedule and interviewing techniques. At the end of the session, trainees will have a better understanding of the interview questions, their meaning, and their interpretation. They will also have an understanding of some of the issues around using the interview in different contexts and how to get the most out of it. This will give participants a good basis for the subsequent training in the coding of the interview.
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"What I liked best was the instructor, Michelle Sleed. She is kind and shares her knowledge in a way that promotes a deep learning experience." Participant, May 2023
"I liked Michelle’s teaching style and learning the very intuitive system of ARR coding." Participant, May 2023
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This training is run in person and online (check the specific dates to understand the format the training will be delivered in.)
The online platform, Zoom will be used to deliver online training. Prior to booking, please ensure you meet the system requirements so you can join this training session, to test your equipment visit Zoom.us/test and follow the instructions.
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