Implementing Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch‐Up with birth parents: Rationale and case example

Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch‐Up (ABC) is an intervention designed for vulnerable children and their parents. This intervention enhances parental sensitivity and nurturance with the goal of promoting secure, organized attachments and strong self‐regulatory capabilities among children. Here, we provide a brief rationale for the need for such interventions to be delivered to parent‐child dyads in the child welfare system. Next, we review specific intervention targets of ABC. We include a case example of two birth parents and their daughter who became involved in Child Protective Services due to domestic violence.