BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//eluceo/ical//2.0/EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4552980c7ff7da68c4b74ee96f86019d DTSTAMP:20251206T195046Z SUMMARY:Adult Attachment Interview Training (New York\, US) DESCRIPTION:Training Cost: $3000\n\nLearning to score and code the Adult At tachment Interview begins with\n a two-week intensive training institute. As important background\, the \ninstitute starts with a brief summary of B owlby’s attachment theory\, a \ndescription of the Infant Attachment cat egories of Mary Ainsworth \n(including the Strange Situation Procedure)\, and the subsequent links to\n adult attachment theory and the Adult Attach ment Interview. Following \nthis preliminary review\, the bulk of the trai ning is focused on the AAI \nscoring and coding system developed by Mary M ain and Ruth Goldwyn. AAI \ntranscripts are both studied and scored by tra inees outside of class and\n also carefully reviewed during class time. Le ss formal discussion of \nresearch and clinical questions that arise durin g the training is \nscheduled and conducted as needed. Upon completion of the course\, \ntrainees are given several booklets to take with them for c ontinued \nstudy and practice in preparation for certification testing. Th e \ncertification process takes an additional 18 months and consists of \n three tests taken at 6-month intervals. Each test is a set of about ten \n transcripts to be coded.\n\n\nCost: $3000 This price covers the two-week t raining and the follow-up certification process.\n\nProfessors Howard Stee le &\; Miriam Steele\, Center for Attachment Research\,Members of the C onsortium of AAI Institute TrainersDepartment of Psychology\, New School f or Social Research\, New YorkWe are happy to learn of your interest in the 2026 New York City Adult AttachmentInterview Institute. Below we provide you with background information about AAI Institutes\,and how to register for the 2026 Institute to be taught via ZOOM.Adult Attachment Interview In stitutes take place over ten days\, and are usually heldMonday through Fri day over two weeks in succession. One transcript is assigned each daydurin g the week\, and one over the weekend (no meetings on Saturday or Sunday). The AAI institute is intensive\, and involves analysis of about 7 or 8 AAI transcripts in \;succession. Meetings take place about 5 – 6 hours a day (though sometimes considerably moretime is needed to discuss a parti cular case). Their central purpose is to discuss scoring andclassification of the transcript assigned for the previous night\, which will also take you 4-6 hoursto prepare. In addition to the group meeting\, that will fini sh at 3PM daily\, we will remain on theZoom call\, to be available to hear and answer all individuals’ questions or concerns. Usually by3:30 or 3: 45pm we have completed this open question session and participants then tu rn to theirhomework that should be returned via email to reach us at least one hour before the start of thenext day’s Zoom meeting. This helps the trainers identify where to best focus the teaching.We have a number of pr ior years’ experience of teaching on Zoom and for summer 2026we have ide ntified a reasonable limit on participation\, with the goal of accepting n o more than 40participants\, so that each participant has an opportunity t o make comments\, seek clarification\,and ask questions in the full group\ , and in break-out groups. Experience has taught us that this isthe best w ay of learning this language-focused technique – which at some point com es down torequiring exacting analysis of a single sentence – i.e. by que stioning and discussing the “rules”seen in the scoring and classificat ion manual as they are made applicable to particular transcripts.Because o f the complexity of the multi-dimensional scoring system\, institutes are in their essencedidactic–with–comments\, and do not leave room for det ailed discussion of cases or systems ofnarrative analysis other than those under formal consideration\, i.e. Adult Attachment Scoring andClassificat ion Systems (Main\, Goldwyn\, &\;amp\; Hesse\, 2003\, unpublished docum ent). Should youregister for the Institute\, this document will be sent to you via courier\, to reach you in early June2026\, as a hard printed soft bound document (circa 225 pages plus appendices). It is one ofmany docume nts to be sent as soft bound copies\, that are vital to the training\, and only evershared with participants at AAI Institutes – not to be shared beyond this group.The Institute meetings over Zoom will begin promptly at 9:30am (EST\, New York)\, andend formally around 3:00pm or 15:00 hours. We take regular breaks including a 15 mincoffee/tea break at 11:00 am and a 45 min lunch break from 12:45pm to 1:30pm. So 90 minutesis the longest str etch for a Zoom meeting\, at the start of the day (9:30-11:00)\, and end o f the day(13:30-15:00)\, with a 75 minute Zoom meeting before lunch (11:15 -12:45)\, including a 15 min.break-out session in small groups of 4-5 peop le before lunch where a specified question relevantto the training will be asked. Of course\, Zoom\, permits questions being asked at any time via t heChat function.Following the institute\, you will have the further opport unity to become a Certified AAICoder\, by analyzing 32 or so transcripts a nd obtaining above a level of 80% classificationagreement with us. These t ranscripts are downloaded by you in three sets of ten\, and once youfinish one sub-set of 10 and receive feedback\, you are invited to download the next set of 10\, andthen the final set of 10\, with a fourth set available in case of a rough start (i.e. missing reliabilityone one of the three se ts). For those completing three consecutive sets of transcripts\, there ha sbeen a fairly steady pass rate of about 80%. The certification process is included in the fee forthe course as a whole\, and the course fee is the same for all participants regardless of whetherone undertakes reliability certification after the Institute. Upon successful completion of thereliab ility check\, you will receive a formal\, signed certification letter stat ing that you haveobtained above 80% agreement with Erik Hesse (Convenor of the Consortium of AAI Trainers)across both the three-way (secure-autonomo us\, dismissing\, preoccupied) and four-way (theabove plus the unresolved/ disorganized) analysis of the AAI.We look forward to seeing you on Zoom i n 2026. Please note that a form for yourresponse is included on the next p age. Returning this page to Howard Steele(steeleh@newschool.edu) will begi n your application to attend.CE credits (introduction) and cancellation po licyIf you do attend\, especially\, if you want to receive CE credits (for an extra nominal fee of$50) in respect of your license as a mental health counselor\, social worker or psychologist\, youmust attend ALL sessions a nd complete the post Institute evaluation regarding how well youthought th e learning objectives were achieved. For all attending\, who pay the depos it\, prior toreceiving the courier package of many hundreds of confidentia l pages soft bound in 10 or morebooklets\, a full refund may be issued if you need to cancel. After receipt of the courier package\,refunds will be issued less the cost of printing the materials that go into the courier pa ckage andthe costs of secure delivey through UPS (this amounts typically t o the $500 deposit)\, so $2500 ofthe $3000 fee may be returned to you if y ou need to cancel after receiving the courier package.And you would need t o return the courier package to us\, if you cancel\, at your expense.Since rely\,Howard Steele &\; Miriam SteeleMembers of the Consortium of AAI T rainers URL:https://mainattachment.org/#training-events DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260720 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260801 LOCATION:New York\, NY (Online) ORGANIZER:mailto:steeleh@newschool.edu ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=Howard Steele:mailto:steeleh@newschool.edu ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=Miriam Steele:mailto:steelem@newschool.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR