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Lessons about Learning: Some Truths about Behaviour Management
Conventional behaviour management, as it is widely used in the care and management of children, incorporates three main techniques: Reinforcement of wanted or desired behaviours; Punishment of unwanted or undesirable behaviours; and Extinction of unwanted or undesirable behaviours by ignoring … Continue reading
Teen Suicide Prevention: Connection Matters
A great deal of scientific and social endeavour is expended on preventing suicide. Few losses evoke emotions in others as much as a person’s death by their own hand. A person’s suicide evokes predictable questions: Why did they not confide … Continue reading
Therapeutic Foster Care
The Triple-A Model of Therapeutic Care© is a tripartite model that accounts for the impact of complex developmental trauma in three key areas of psychological functioning: Attachment (science of relationships and social-emotional development) Arousal (psychophysiology of emotion and behaviour activations systems … Continue reading
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Punishment is Problematic
People do not act for no reason. They may act in response to an idea. They may act in response to an emotion. They may act in response to a need that requires satisfaction. They may act because the way … Continue reading
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Children's Behaviour, Fostering, Parenting, Resilience, Schools
Tagged behaviour management, Child Psychiology, foster care, fostering, kinship care, mental health, parenting, psychology, residential care, schools, Social Care, Social Work, teachers, Understanding, validation, wellbeing, Wisdom
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Parental Trust Post Trauma
Parental “trust” post-trauma What follows is an allegory that forms part of how I help young people understand parental care and protection and reframe “they no longer trust me” narratives following a traumatic event. This is a story about a little … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, mental health, parenting, Post-Trauma, resilience, trauma, wellbeing
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An Ode to Recovery from Developmental Trauma
An Ode to Recovery from Developmental Trauma By Colby Pearce What happened to me, I cannot tell, To make me think that life is hell. That drugs and alcohol must stay, To take the fear and pain away. And artifice, … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, Child Abuse, Child Protection, developmental trauma, neglect, Neglect Family Violence, psychology, recovery, resilience, trauma, wellbeing
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Dear Teacher
Dear Teacher. I do not know what words to use to express my thoughts and feelings so I asked my psychologist to help me with this letter. I feel unsafe at school. People bother me. Especially when they are doing … Continue reading
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Fostering, Schools, Trauma
Tagged abuse, Child Abuse, child psychologist, child trauma, interpersonal trauma, mental health, neglect, psychology, schools, teachers, trauma
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Attachment and Resilience 