“…However, there are gaps and variations in the provision of training (Furnivall, McKenna, McFarlane & Grant, 2012;Gharabaghi, 2010;House of Commons Education Committee, 2016). In recent systematic reviews, the effectiveness of staff training remains Running head: residential childcare staff and attachment theory 9 unclear due to methodological limitations and poor reporting standards of included evaluations (Everson-Hock et al, 2011;Hermenau, Goessmann, Rygaard, Landolt & Hecker, 2016;James et al, 2017;Morison, Taylor & Fawns, 2018). Consequently, despite the perceived value of training on "attachment difficulties," it remains unclear how staff understand, and translate, this theory into practice.…”