Coming HAANZ Inc Events
Free to HAANZ Inc. members:
“Attachment Video-feedback Intervention: Two Decades of Research and Practice with Vulnerable Families”
Date & times:
CBR, SYD,MEL (AEDT): 10- 11.30am
Brisbane (AEST) 9- 10.30am
Adelaide (ACDT) 9.30 - 11am
Auckland, NZ (NZDT) 12 - 1.30pm
Registration is free, exclusively for HAANZ Inc. members here: https://anu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_A96JDc5YRrCRL112ko6zTQ
Brief Webinar description:
The field of attachment has seen the emergence of several brief attachment-based interventions aimed at enhancing parental sensitivity, child attachment security, and developmental outcomes. Two decades ago, we developed the Attachment Video-feedback Intervention (AVI) for use with highly vulnerable families. Our work demonstrates the effectiveness of the AVI with this population across a range of parent and child outcomes. Alongside this research, we have implemented the AVI in a range of clinical settings, including community agencies, social pediatric clinics, and child protective services. The current presentation will describe the core components of AVI, including its distinctive approach to video feedback and the central role of the practitioner-parent relationship. It will report findings demonstrating its effectiveness for parents, children aged 0 to 7 years, and practitioners. Finally, it will highlight key facilitators of successful implementation and sustainability, in particular the CARE, a community of practice for AVI practitioners. The CARE serves as the first link in a secure-base chain model, in which being supported enables each actor to become a secure base for the next, ultimately promoting parental sensitivity and child attachment security.
About our presenter:
Chantal Cyr is full professor at the Department of Psychology at the Université du Québec à Montréal, researcher at the Institut Universitaire Jeunes en Difficulté, Member of the College of the Royal Society of Canada, and Canada Research Chair in Child Attachment and Development. She is internationally known for her work on child maltreatment, attachment disorganization and the parent-child Attachment Video-feedback Intervention (AVI).
Annual General Meeting 2025/2026 agenda:
1. Attendance
2. Apologies
3. Approval of Minutes of previous AGM
4. Reports from the Chair and Treasurer
5. Election of Office Bearers
6. Discussion of Planned Activities for 2026-2027
7. Any Other Business
Please join us and consider nominating to be a member of the Committee. We always welcome new perspectives in what we hope is a very collaborative group. We welcome nominations and we can accept electronic signatures. See nomination form here. Seconding of nominations can be done by email to: healthyattachmentanz@gmail.com.
Those who can’t attend the Zoom meeting and want to vote, can nominate someone who will be attending to give their vote, using the Nomination and Proxy Form (attached)