Unit 10022 Understanding Needs

• Level 2
• 3 credits
• Version 4
• 4 sessions of one hour duration

“In this unit (10022) I learned that there are many different types of attachment and there are different techniques in dealing with each type. This has helped me learn when I need to have patience and when to discipline with my own children.”

- Year 12 Student, Mount Maunganui College

Content includes:

• An overview of attachment behaviour
• Insight into the common separation feelings that children and parents experience when a child is in short term care
• The techniques that can be used to assist families through separation
• Information about the importance of empathy when caring for a child
• Local parents and their children can attend one session of this unit