Circle Stories

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Our team and COS-International are excited about the ways in which the COSP program is influencing schools to focus on supporting security for their students. Here's a story from the state of Connecticut (USA) that gives a sense of some of the ways school districts are leveraging COSP to support learning. Read the full story here.

You can find out more about the COS-Classroom approach here.

Helping parents struggling with substance misuse focus on their children’s attachment needs is one critical strategy in supporting recovery. Circle of Security interventions have long been used by teams working with parents who struggle with substance use. Here’s a Circle Story, told in video form, from our colleagues at the University of North Carolina Horizons Program. Special thanks to our long term partner, Evette Horton, PhD, Director of Child Clinical Services at UNC-Horizons for sharing this video, entitled “The Chance For a New Life”

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We’re inspired by Jermaine’s story and reminded that leveraging the hopes and dreams of a parent who is struggling by having that parent participate in the COSP program can lead to remarkable outcomes. It’s incredible to think that Jermaine is now able to share his experiences with at-risk youth in his community. You can learn more about the EMERGE program and applications of COSP with incarcerated parents here. Thanks to our colleague Barbara Stern at the United Way of Greater New Haven for sharing this Circle Story with us.

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Check out this interesting story about investment in the Circle of Security Parenting program by Principal Chief Chuck Hoskins, Jr and his Council as part of behavioral health services in the Cherokee Nation, USA. The story identifies "meeting families where they are at" as one feature of COSP and underscores how important Facilitators like Juli Skinner are in this work. Our team at COS-International is honored to be part of the vision that Chief Hoskins and his Council have developed.

All Our Kin

In the US, many working families can only find affordable childcare through the massive network of Family Childcare providers. Family Childcare providers are in turn supported by a network of professionals who provide education and support to ensure that preschool aged children get quality care. In this video, Marina Rodriguez from an organization called All Our Kin talks about using the Circle of Security as a framework for her team's work supporting Family Childcare providers in the northeastern part of the US.

Cordell Pemberton Discusses His Work with the Prison Population

Around the world, COSP Facilitators are doing remarkable things for families. In this brief video, COSI's Charlie Slaughter, who serves as our Project Director for COSP in the Community, talks with Cordell Pemberton about his work with the prison population. Cordell is a Family Support Provider at the Nurturing Families Network/Fair Haven Community Health Care in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

COSP in the time of COVID-19

COSI's Project and Professional Development Director and trainer, Deidre Quinlan, recently met with a couple of our COSP colleagues to record their reflections about Circle of Security in the time of COVID-19. Several COSP Facilitators are also featured in this video.

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Writer and mother-of-toddler, Rachel Bowie, shares reflections on her personal Shark Music triggers – and how she navigates the moments when it is blaring in response to melt downs all around.

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Hear from participants about the ongoing COSP groups offered to Bemiss Elementary staff and parents — made possible through a grant from Spokane Public Schools Foundation (video provided with permission from Spokane Public Schools).

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