About colbypearce
I am a practising Clinical Psychologist with twenty-seven years’ experience working with children and young people recovering from abuse and neglect. I am also an author and educator in trauma-informed, therapeutic caregiving. My programs are implemented in Australia and Ireland, and I am well-known for my practical and accessible guidance for caregivers and professionals alike.
In this short video, drawn from an interview I participated in for Therapeutic Residential and Foster Care for Traumatised Children, I address the question of what I think should be the focus of our work in child protection and social … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice
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Tagged attachment, Child Protection, childwelfare, foster care, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, parenting, Social Care, trauma informed
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In this short video, extracted from a recent interview I gave to Therapeutic Residential and Foster care, I respond to the question about what one piece of advice I would give to people (considering) working in child protection and social … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, trauma informed care
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Tagged adoption, fostercare, kinshipcare, socialcare, childwelfare, traumainformed
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In this video, I explain why children recovering from developmental trauma, in particular, react so extremely the word “no”, and suggest some ways to respond therapeutically to this. The video is intended to be of most interest to those who … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, trauma informed, trauma informed care
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Tagged attachment theory, Child Protection, child welfare, foster care, fostering, kinship care, parenting, parents, Social Care, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice
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In this video, I lay out the key reflections embedded the CARE Curriculum, which are integral to facilitating an outcome where our children and young people experiences themselves as worthy and capable, others as responsive and trustworthy, and their world … Continue reading →
Posted in trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, Trauma Informed Schools
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Tagged attachment theory, Child Protection, child welfare, foster care, kinship care, parenting, Social Care, therapeutic care, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, trauma informed school
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I made this video to support greater understanding of the role of birth parent contact in supporting relational repair and, ultimately, attachment security among children and young people who cannot safely be cared for at home. Let me know what … Continue reading →
In this video I talk about what are the qualities of good parenting. I made this video to support care and protection decision-making in child protection. If we have a set of dimensional constructs against which to evaluate parenting it … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Fostering, kinship care, trauma informed, trauma informed care
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Tagged attachment theory, Child Protection, foster care, kinship care, parenting, Social Care, trauma informed
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Dear Followers, Just bringing to your attention some recent videos I have uploaded to YouTube. The first one you may not have seen is an attempt to delineate responding to the behaviours and responding to the need/reason, using the common … Continue reading →
Posted in training, trauma informed
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Tagged attachment, Education, fostercare, howto, kinshipcare, parenting, school, socialcare, teachers, traumainformed
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Happy New Year! It has been a little while since my last post, so I wanted to update you on some of the more recent videos I have uploaded to YouTube. First, I have uploaded three short videos about therapeutic … Continue reading →
They blame themself For me building self-worth is a critical task when reflecting on the care requirements of children and young people who are recovering from a tough start to life. Self-worth is one of the main casualties of early … Continue reading →
Posted in Fostering, kinship care, trauma informed care
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Tagged childprotection, childwelfare, childwelfareleadership, fostercare, fostering, kinshipcare, parenting, self-image, self-worth, socialcare, traumainformed
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Attachment and Resilience 