Attachment & Trauma Informed Assessments | HAPii Ireland

Attachment & Trauma Informed Assessments

Comprehensive, trauma-informed full assessments providing a deep understanding of a child's emotional functioning, attachment relationships, developmental needs, and family dynamics.

Overview

HAPii delivers comprehensive, trauma-informed Full Assessments designed to provide a deep understanding of the child's emotional functioning, attachment relationships, developmental needs, and family dynamics.


This package combines a detailed clinical assessment with three structured follow-up sessions to actively implement a personalised Psychoeducational Support Plan. It is HAPii's most requested service and is particularly suited to complex family presentations where clarity, structure, and guided implementation are required.

Comprehensive Clinical Assessment

The Full Assessment may include:

  • Parent / caregiver interview
  • Child consultation (play-based where appropriate)
  • Attachment and relational mapping
  • Emotional regulation screening
  • Developmental overview
  • Family systems review
  • Review of relevant documentation (where provided)

Psychoeducational Support Plan

A detailed written plan is produced outlining:

  • Identified needs
  • Attachment-informed formulation
  • Practical relational strategies
  • Regulation supports
  • Therapeutic play recommendations
  • Structured next steps

Three Implementation Sessions

Following completion of the assessment

Three follow-up sessions are provided to support implementation of the plan.


These sessions focus on:

  • Coaching caregivers in attachment-informed responses
  • Modelling co-regulation strategies
  • Demonstrating play-based relational techniques
  • Supporting communication repair
  • Reviewing progress and adjusting strategies as required

Healing Toolkit

The package includes practical resources to support implementation:

  • Play-based therapeutic tools
  • Psychoeducational handouts
  • Regulation scripts and guidance
  • Home-based attachment activities

Resources are tailored to the child's developmental stage and relational context.

Suitability & Clinical Ethos

This package is appropriate in circumstances including:

  • Foster care placements
  • Placement instability or breakdown risk
  • Contact preparation or repair work
  • High-conflict separation
  • Emotional dysregulation
  • Attachment disruption
  • Transition planning

Independent, child-centred, trauma-informed, and grounded in attachment theory

The focus is not solely on identifying difficulty, but on strengthening relational capacity and promoting long-term emotional wellbeing through structured, evidence-based intervention.

Fees & Referral

Fees

€2,000 – €2,800

The fee range reflects case complexity, number of family members involved, and reporting requirements.

Referral Process

  1. Complete and return the HAPii Referral Form.
  2. HAPii acknowledges receipt within 2 working days and confirms suitability and availability.
  3. Contract issued outlining process, timelines, and fees.

Required documentation:

  • Case background summary
  • Signed consents
  • Existing reports and relevant documentation

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