More than 30 years helping parents and babies
“When I developed PCPS®, I asked myself two questions. From my personal experience, as a mother of two children, I wondered what I would have needed to have for my baby and myself. From my research and professional work, the question sought what science was saying about early development.“ Prof. Cerezo, PCPS® Developer.
Prof. M. Ángeles Cerezo, bringing science to families
She is a Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Psychology at the University of Valencia. She obtained her Doctorate Degree in Psychology in the University of Madrid, in 1983. Winner of Best Scholarship and National Academic Achievement awards, her post-doctoral research, as a Fulbright Scholar with Dr. R. Wahler at the University of Tennessee, focused on parent-child interaction in disadvantage families.
She has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles. The quality of her scientific productivity and the transfer of knowledge to society has been consistently recognized by the Spanish Higher Education quality assurance agency (CNEAI) by the awarding of five, consecutive, externally-evaluated, six-year research periods. Dr. Cerezo has collaborated with institutions, agencies and governments agencies in American, European and Spanish projects. She has been Visiting Professor in University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Northern Illinois University and most recently in York University, Toronto, invited by Distinguished Professor Deborah Pepler. She has also been a Senior Associate Editor of Child Abuse and Neglect.
Her areas of expertise are: Caregiver-child interaction, Attachment, functional/ dysfunctional interaction, and interactive patterns in parent-child conflict with pre-school and school-aged children. Currently her work focuses on two fronts (1) promoting children’s emotional security by supporting parenting and attunement in community services like PCPS® and (2) researching predictors of the quality of Attachment by using advanced Observational Methodologies and Dynamic Systems Analyses the results of which can be transferred into better intervention.
PCPS® in figures
Achieved levels of secure attachment ranging between 74-85%. This compares to the general population samples of 60-65%. In areas where families experience multiple challenges secure attachments is as low as 30%.
95% of participants fall below the clinical range for stress when their child was 15 months old.
Testimonials of parents and professionals
“I love to understand how a baby’s mind works. It’s only there when you’re getting the feedback. You have the opportunity to sit down and think how the baby’s brain work and what can I do. When I finish the appointments with PCPS I go home and share the information with my partner. So if it wasn’t for PCPS I’d actually feel very alone and it’s purely down to it that I feel that I have just such a security blanket now. I really think it helps parents and children so everyone should know that it exists.” PCPS® mum.
“A support like this is very important because the truth is that you receive very good advice about the development of your baby. And it also encourages you a lot to see that you’re doing a good job as a parent.“ PCPS® dad.
Primary Care Centre of the Year Award
