Category Archives: AAA Caregiving

Therapeutic Childcare – The CARE Approach

Posted on September 23, 2016 by colbypearce

Earlier this year I set about revising and updating A Short Introduction to Attachment and Attachment Disorder. The second edition is available from December 2016. As part of the revision process I considered what we might mean when talking about … Continue reading →

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Therapeutic CARE and the Triple-A method

Posted on July 30, 2016 by colbypearce

As a practising Clinical Psychologist and as a father to three boys I often think of child-rearing as akin to being a farmer who grows crops. The farmer expends significant effort preparing the soil and sowing seeds. Then the farmer waits and … Continue reading →

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Strengths-based therapeutic foster care

Posted on March 4, 2016 by colbypearce

Triple-A is an approach to the therapeutic care of children that emphasises human connection. It is relational, practical and rooted in conventional caregiving practices. As such, it is an enrichment programme, as opposed to a wholesale alternative to conventional caregiving … Continue reading →

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Media Release: South Australian Program Embraced by Foster Carers in Ireland

Posted on February 25, 2016 by colbypearce

An Australian-developed program for foster carers is receiving unreserved support in Donegal, Ireland. Known as the Triple-A Model of Therapeutic Care, the program is currently being delivered by Secure Attachment Matters Ireland with support from TUSLA, the Irish Government Child and … Continue reading →

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Foster Carer Wellbeing

Posted on February 21, 2016 by colbypearce

Caring for children who are recovering from abuse and neglect is often a difficult and thankless vocation. Children are inconsistently appreciative of your efforts on their behalf; if at all. The professionals whose task it is to support you do … Continue reading →

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Foster Care Enriched

Posted on February 21, 2016 by colbypearce

People 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? This is what … Continue reading →

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Therapeutic Fostering

Posted on November 22, 2015 by colbypearce

Why have Therapeutic Models of Care? In an online survey of carers of ‘looked-after-children’ (defined as children who do not live with a birth parent(s) and are in a relative or kinship care placement, adoptive placement, foster placement or residential care … Continue reading →

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Media Release: Proactive Needs Provision Vital for Recovery From Child Abuse

Posted on October 19, 2015 by colbypearce

What follows is a media release for the event at which I spoke on Thursday the 22nd of October in Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan, Ireland. The clip to the right is the article in The Northern Standard that appeared on 31/10/15. PROACTIVE … Continue reading →

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Relationship styles in children with a disability

Posted on June 18, 2015 by colbypearce

Relationship Styles in Children with a Disability Based on John Bowlby’s Attachment Theory By: Tara Hearne (Psychology Intern at Secure Start®) and Colby Pearce Relational styles in children can be broken down into four main categories: Secure A child with … Continue reading →

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Lessons about Learning: Some Truths about Behaviour Management

Posted on May 8, 2015 by colbypearce

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 →

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