attachment-based intervention

any early intervention based on attachment theory and focused on enhancing parents’ or caregivers’ ability to perceive their children’s attachment signals accurately and to respond to those signals in an adequate and prompt way. The goal is to foster secure attachment relationships and prevent less optimal or deviant developmental pathways in children.

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May 9th 2024

ordinate

n. the vertical coordinate in a graph or data plot; that is, the y-axis. See also abscissa.