Author Archives: colbypearce

About colbypearce

I am a Clinical Psychologist and author who assists children and familes overcome adversity and experience strong and secure attachment relationships.

Foster and Kinship Care Training Curricula at Secure Start

Posted on October 15, 2019

At Secure Start we offer training based on the Triple-A Model of Therapeutic Care and the CARE Curriculum. Both curricula were developed by Colby Pearce, are based in psychological science, but are delivered in an accessible way. Both curricula inform … Continue reading →

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Kinship CARE Project Update

Posted on October 2, 2019

The Kinship CARE Project has been extended to 2020. The Kinship CARE Project is a joint initiative of the Department for Child Protection (DCP) and Secure Start®. At the time of writing, and over the previous 18 months, Kinship CARE … Continue reading →

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Addressing Trauma in the Early Learning Setting: The CARE Approach

Posted on September 30, 2019

Following the success of the resources for trauma-informed practice in early learning centres, I am pleased to advise of my new training workshop: Addressing Trauma in the Early Learning Setting: The CARE approach. Continue reading →

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Kinship CARE Project Carer Handbook

Posted on September 20, 2019

The Kinship CARE Project is a dedicated endeavour to support kinship carers in South Australia who are looking after children for whom the Department for Child Protection has an authority to place. For a limited time, I am offering organisations that support kinship carers access to the Kinship CARE Project Carer Handbook via PDF download. Continue reading →

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Childhood Trauma Fact Sheets for Early Learning Educators

Posted on September 17, 2019

I am pleased to be able to make available three fact sheets for early learning educators. Continue reading →

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Foster and Kinship Care Week 2019 Part II

Posted on September 10, 2019

Yesterday I posted about the vital role that foster and kinship carers play in any child protection endeavour. You can view my post here. Foster and kinship carers play an essential role in providing a safe and loving home that … Continue reading →

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Foster and Kinship Care Week 2019

Posted on September 9, 2019

Our society simply cannot intervene to protect children and support them to achieve to their potential without foster and kinship carers. We owe them a lot! Continue reading →

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Why The CARE Therapeutic Framework?

Posted on September 2, 2019

The CARE Therapeutic Framework is a back-to-basics, strengths-based program that supports enrichment of therapeutic care environments for children who are recovering from relational trauma and other forms of early adversity, and their caregivers. Relational connection, wellbeing, and new learning (growth) … Continue reading →

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Raising Kids Who Have High and Complex Needs – The Importance of Self Care

Posted on August 10, 2019

Self-care supports wellbeing that sustains us through tough times and our success in the task or role we are performing. Continue reading →

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How does parenting influence attachment: The CARE Model

Posted on July 21, 2019

Consider infants. They are not born with a sophisticated language system. They cannot successfully be reasoned with about who their parents are and, therefore, who they should form an attachment to, and who not to. Rather, they form an attachment … Continue reading →

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