About TLG

Through the Looking Glass (TtLG) is an innovative attachment-based parenting program based in child care centres. The project is a health education and welfare collaborative early intervention strategy that utilizes the universality of child care settings to intervene with families where there is an identified compromised attachment relationship between the primary carer (mother) and child/ren.

In the TtLG program, both the “clinician” and the child care worker work in partnership with each other and the family. The program directly works with small numbers of families (up to seven) in each group and focuses on their particular struggles that are directly impacting on their parenting, and on developing strong attachment relationships with their child/ren.

The TtLG program is noticeably different from many other parenting programs that cater for larger numbers delivering generic parenting information it that it has a specific focus on attachment and addresses issues specific to the family. In continuing with the theme of developing specific interventions for each family, both the “clinician” and child care primary care giver (PCG) work closely with the family, supporting the family with their specific struggle both in terms of direct support but also programming.