Coming HAANZ Inc Events 

Attachment and Bio-behavioural Catch-up (ABC): a webinar

A free webinar for HAANZ Inc. members 

Time: 9 - 10:30 am (CBR, SYD, MEL) AEST

Date: Friday 16th May, 2025

Overview of webinar

Don't miss the chance to hear from Professor Mary Dozier, a leading international expert in attachment research and clinical practice, and the developer of the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC) intervention. In this seminar, Prof. Dozier will provide an in-depth overview of the ABC intervention, including its development history, the current evidence supporting its effectiveness, and its applications in diverse settings. The session will feature case material and video excerpts, and you'll have the opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue and discussion.

About Prof Mary Dozier

Mary Dozier is Unidel Amy E. duPont Chair and Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Delaware in the United States. She has studied the development of young children in foster care and young children living with neglecting birth parents, examining challenges in attachment and regulatory capabilities. Along with her graduate students and research team, she developed an intervention, Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC), for parents of vulnerable infants. Through randomized clinical trials, ABC has been demonstrated to be effective in enhancing parental sensitivity and children’s behavioral and biological functioning. In 2016 she was named the Francis Alison Professor, the university’s highest faculty honor. In 2018 she received the International Society for Infancy Studies Translational Research Aware and was the 2019 recipient of the American Psychological Association Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution in Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society.

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Attachment-based interventions: an infographic

We are currently developing clinician-friendly infographics which will help better highlight:

- What is an attachment-based intervention?  

- How to choose a suitable intervention. 

- Which populations it works for.

- What outcomes change or improve.

- Training and supervision requirements.

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