Short term separation

• What is the PDD model?

  Protest - crying, anger

  Despair - comforting itself

  Detachment - rejects caregiver as they are angry
• What does the PDD model represent?


  A babies stages as they are separated from their main attachment
• What did Robertson and Robertson find?


  John was separated from his mother for 9 days. When she returned he refused to go near her. The negative effects were evident years later
• What did Douglas find about short term separation?


  Separation of less than a week for children below 4 years of age were directly correlated with behavioural difficulties
• How do we prevent long term damage from short term separation?

  Robertson and Robertson - put children into their own home with a routine and an alternate attachment figure
• What is importantly to consider in short term separation, according to Barrett?

  Individual differences