Colby Pearce
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Companion App for Therapeutic Classrooms and alignment with home. A practical guide to Attachment & Attachment Disorder
Resilient Kids
Secure Start – Trauma Informed
Self-Paced Learning Modules
The CARE Curriculum
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Author Archives: colbypearce
In order to be heard we first need to listen
I think a lot about the concept of validation; and its antithesis, invalidation. In psychological terms, validation incorporates the experience that our thoughts, feelings, perspectives and intentions are understood, accepted and respected by significant others. Conversely, invalidation incorporates the experience … Continue reading
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Tagged child psychologist, child psychologist Adelaide, invalidation, psychology, resilience, validation, wellbeing
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2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 15,000 times in 2013. If it were a … Continue reading
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Toilet Training
Another brief post from the Secure Start Facebook page; this one concerning toilet training. It has been a day for questions about toilet training. My recommendations: provide an incentive to the child to use the potty; praise and reward (reinforce) … Continue reading
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Preparing your child for their first day of school
This is another brief post from the Secure Start Facebook post, which I considered might be of interest to followers here. At the request of one of our regular visitors to this page, I am going to share some thoughts … Continue reading
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Fostering, Parenting, Resilience, Schools, Wellbeing
Tagged AAA caregiving, AAA parenting, adoption, anxiety, arousal, child psychologist, child psychologist Adelaide, Education, fostering, kinship care, parenting, resilience, school, Secure Start, wellbeing
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Getting ready for back to school
OK, so there is just under two weeks until the new school year and a common assertion to be heard from parents at this time is “my child is ready to go back to school”. A similar assertion is “I … Continue reading
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Children's Behaviour, Fostering, Parenting, Schools, Wellbeing
Tagged AAA caregiving, AAA parenting, Adelaide, adoption, anxiety, arousal, behaviour management, behaviour problems, child psychologist Adelaide, childrens behaviour, Education, fostering, kinship care, parenting, psychology, resilience, school, Secure Start
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Oral stimulation facilitates feelings of wellbeing
This is another of my posts on the Secure Start Facebook page. Let me know what you think! From the earliest hours of life, infants experience feelings of emotional wellbeing in association with suckling. As a result, a powerful association … Continue reading
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Children's Behaviour, Fostering, Parenting, Resilience, Wellbeing
Tagged AAA caregiving, AAA parenting, adoption, anxiety, arousal, behaviour management, child psychologist, child psychologist Adelaide, childrens behaviour, fostering, meltdowns, parenting, resilience, Secure Start, wellbeing
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Restoring school-time sleep-wake cycle
This is the first of a series of a short posts that I prepared for my Secure Start Facebook page. For those of you who don’t follow my page, I have included it here for you. As the return to … Continue reading
The Library Book Series
Dear visitors to, and followers of, this site. The Library Book now has a new home: http://thelibrarybookblog.wordpress.com/ It would be a source of validation to The Library Book if you would come across and visit, like and comment. Thank you in anticipation.
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Tagged allegories, allegory, invalidation, psychology, resilience, validation, wellbeing
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Attachment and Resilience 