Background
adversity
LENS, DISORDERS
Early life stress and adversity conveys risk for emotional, behavioral, and developmental disorders. To address this risk in the preschool population, Mother–Child Emotional Preparation (MCEP) was tested as an in-school dyadic intervention for facilitating mother–child emotional connection through mother–child MCEP was developed at Children’s Learning Centers of Fairfield County (CLC) in collaboration with our group at CUIMC [The current qualitative literature examining similar interventions is lacking the depth and breadth of insight afforded by a dual interview and participant-observation lens. Schuster et al. (2018) [Combining multiple qualitative data sources is scarce in the group therapy literature. So’s (2019) [MCEP’s emphasis on relational health also differentiates it from existing group intervention studies. Scope et al.’s (2012) [This observation-interview lens also elucidates how MCEP for preschool-aged children aligns with calming cycle theory. Understanding this alignment is crucial because calming cycle theory underpins the design and implementation of MCEP. Based on quantitative results [