Category Archives: AAA Caregiving

Happy Birthday

Posted on March 24, 2019 by colbypearce

A Short Introduction to Attachment and Attachment Disorder turns ten years old this year! Continue reading →

Complex Trauma: Three things you need to know about how it impacts the developing child

Posted on March 8, 2019 by colbypearce

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 →

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Trauma Informed Care Resource

Posted on February 22, 2019 by colbypearce

This resource represents an endeavour to support the implementation of therapeutic care environments and effective working connections between home and school in support of recovery for children who have experienced trauma at home. Continue reading →

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Tantrums: Eight management strategies to keep in mind

Posted on February 3, 2019 by colbypearce

Please find eight strategies to keep in mind when responding to a a tantrum exhibited by a child in your care. These are meant to be received as practical first steps. Continue reading →

Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Children's Behaviour, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting | Tagged attachment, attachment parenting, behaviour problems, meltdowns, parenting, resilience, tantrums, therapeutic parenting, trauma informed, trauma informed care | Leave a comment

A Gentle Method for Getting Children to Sleep Part Two

Posted on January 20, 2019 by colbypearce

This is a follow-up to the very popular article A Gentle Method for Getting Children to Sleep in their Own Beds. Continue reading →

Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting | Tagged adoption, adoptive parent, foster parent, fostering, kinship carer, parenting, trauma informed, trauma informed care | 1 Comment

When Punishment is Problematic

Posted on January 19, 2019 by colbypearce

People do not act for no reason.
They may act in response to an idea.
They may act in response to an emotion. Continue reading →

Posted in AAA Caregiving, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, Training Programs, trauma informed practice, Trauma Informed Schools | Tagged behaviour management, behaviour problems, connection, meltdowns, oppositional defiant disorder, oppositionality, social connectedness, tantrums, wellbeing | Leave a comment

Therapeutic Parenting : What is it?

Posted on December 20, 2018 by colbypearce

Across a career spanning almost 25 years I have spent much of my time engaging with caregivers of deeply hurt and troubled children.

Caregivers of these children often ask: What can I do to help this child?

This is an interesting question.

Which of the following statements best reflects the answer you would like to receive to this question, were you asking it? … Continue reading →

Posted in AAA Caregiving, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice | Tagged attachment, Attachment Disorder, Education, learning, resilience, therapeutic care, therapeutic parenting, therapeutic practice, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice | 1 Comment

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