Colby Pearce
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About colbypearce
I am a Clinical Psychologist and author who assists children and familes overcome adversity and experience strong and secure attachment relationships.Use Your Words: Supporting Expressive Language Development and Use
Posted on July 4, 2019
Early trauma robs the developing child of experiences that support language development. Use your words to help them develop theirs. Continue reading →
Posted in Attachment, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, Uncategorized
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Tagged child development, expressive language, foster care, kinship care, relative care, speech, therapeutic care, trauma informed, trauma informed classroom, trauma responsive, trauma sensitive, trauma-informed school
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Kinship CARE Project Term 3 Sessions
Posted on June 23, 2019
Visit the Kinship CARE Project Page for more information and to register.
We Love Collaborating
Posted on June 1, 2019
Secure Start® is looking to collaborate with organisations who share our vision of supporting happy, connected children. Continue reading →
Posted in Uncategorized
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Tagged adoption, attachment, child care, early learning, foster care, kinship care, Model of Care, model of practice, residential care, resilience, therapeutic foster care, therapeutic parenting, trauma, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, trauma sensitive schools
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The CARE Therapeutic Framework
Posted on May 10, 2019
A trauma informed, strengths-based approach to promoting optimal developmental, behavioural and mental health outcomes for children and young people. Continue reading →
Posted in Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, Training Programs, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, Trauma Informed Schools
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Tagged child care, childcare, day care, early learning centre, kindercarten, long day care, Model of Care, model of practice, therapeutic, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, Trauma Informed Schools
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Child CARE: Our New Program for long day care and early learning centres
Posted on May 7, 2019
What is Child CARE? Child CARE is a four-session (plus optional call-back) interactive training program designed to support: Wellbeing Growth and development Optimal behaviour Recovery from adversity Among children in early-learning and long day-care. Child CARE offers a framework for … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Children's Behaviour, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, Training Programs, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, Trauma Informed Schools
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Tagged childcare, early learning, early learning centre, Education, long day care, therapeutic childcare, trauma informed, trauma sensitive
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Child development: The importance of emotional connection
Posted on April 25, 2019
Emotional connection, initiated by an adult caretaker, is important because it supports several extremely important aspects of a child’s emotional development. Connecting with the emotional experience of an infant supports a reciprocal emotional connection from the infant. Within this emotional … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, Training Programs, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, Trauma Informed Schools
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Tagged adoption, child development, connection, emotional connectedness, emotional connection, emotional development, empathy, fostercare, kinship care, reciprocity, relative care, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, trauma-informed school
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A Short Introduction to the Kinship CARE Project
Posted on April 10, 2019
Access a PDF of the full article here. In South Australia, forty-six percent of children in out-of-home care with an authority to place are in a kinship care placement. Kinship care is the largest form of out-of-home care in South … Continue reading →
Posted in kinship care, training, Training Programs, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice
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Tagged attachment, howto, kinship care, kinship care matters, kinship carer, psychology, relationships, therapeutic care, training, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice
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Happy Birthday
Posted on March 24, 2019
A Short Introduction to Attachment and Attachment Disorder turns ten years old this year! Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving
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Tagged attachment, Attachment Disorder, reactive attachment disorder, trauma
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Complex Trauma: Three things you need to know about how it impacts the developing child
Posted on March 8, 2019
Complex Trauma occurs when children experience prolonged and debilitating fear and distress as a result of adverse experiences that occur recurrently and/or in combination, and where the person or person’s who are responsible for keeping the child safe from harm and alleviate their distress is/are:
1. unable to alleviate the child’s distress; or
2. responsible or the child’s distress. Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, Schools, Training Programs, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, Trauma Informed Schools
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Tagged adoption, complex developmental trauma, Complex Trauma, developmental trauma, kinship care, post adoption support, school, Social Care, social care worker, social worker, teacher, therapeutic care, therapeutic foster care, trauma informed
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Trauma Informed Resources
Posted on March 5, 2019
One of the most common types of feedback I hear from people who have attended training in the field of developmental trauma and trauma informed practice is that the training focuses heavily on what participants need to know and not … Continue reading →
Posted in Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Schools, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, Trauma Informed Schools
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Tagged Education, educator, schools, therapeutic care, therapeutic childcare, therapeutic foster care, therapeutic fostering, therapeutic parentng, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, Trauma Informed Schools
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