When It Is Used
Use it when caregiver work concerns an adolescent's need for autonomy, connection, comfort, or protection.
Adolescent Circle of Security Diagram
Adolescent Circle of Security Diagram is a shared formulation tool for practitioners working with caregivers. It helps them identify an adolescent relational or attachment need, map it in an age-relevant Circle frame, and connect it to the caregiver response pattern.
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Tool guide
Learn more about this tool
Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
What It Captures
It captures the adolescent need, caregiver response pattern, and brief notes that preserve the age-relevant formulation.
Limits
It does not perform adolescent assessment, behavior tracking, risk assessment, scoring, or diagnosis.
How is this different from the general Circle diagram?
This tool uses the adolescent diagram variant so the formulation can reflect adolescent-specific needs for independence and connection.
Can multiple needs be entered?
Multiple needs should be separated into separate annotations when they represent different formulation points.
Does the tool rate caregiver responses?
No. It descriptively links the caregiver response pattern to the adolescent need without scoring or classifying the response.
What must be included before review?
A complete annotation needs an identified adolescent need and a linked caregiver response pattern.