Category Archives: kinship care

Kinship CARE Project Update

Posted on October 2, 2019 by colbypearce

The Kinship CARE Project has been extended to 2020. The Kinship CARE Project is a joint initiative of the Department for Child Protection (DCP) and Secure Start®. At the time of writing, and over the previous 18 months, Kinship CARE … Continue reading →

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Kinship CARE Project Carer Handbook

Posted on September 20, 2019 by colbypearce

The Kinship CARE Project is a dedicated endeavour to support kinship carers in South Australia who are looking after children for whom the Department for Child Protection has an authority to place. For a limited time, I am offering organisations that support kinship carers access to the Kinship CARE Project Carer Handbook via PDF download. Continue reading →

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Foster and Kinship Care Week 2019

Posted on September 9, 2019 by colbypearce

Our society simply cannot intervene to protect children and support them to achieve to their potential without foster and kinship carers. We owe them a lot! Continue reading →

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Raising Kids Who Have High and Complex Needs – The Importance of Self Care

Posted on August 10, 2019 by colbypearce

Self-care supports wellbeing that sustains us through tough times and our success in the task or role we are performing. Continue reading →

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How does parenting influence attachment: The CARE Model

Posted on July 21, 2019 by colbypearce

Consider infants. They are not born with a sophisticated language system. They cannot successfully be reasoned with about who their parents are and, therefore, who they should form an attachment to, and who not to. Rather, they form an attachment … Continue reading →

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What is Attachment Disorder?

Posted on July 21, 2019 by colbypearce

Over the last three decades, the term ‘attachment disorder’ has entered into common usage among professionals and carers who interact with children who display markedly disturbed and developmentally inappropriate relatedness to others. With greater awareness of the consequences of attachment … Continue reading →

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Parenting

Posted on July 19, 2019 by colbypearce
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The CARE Therapeutic Framework

Posted on May 10, 2019 by colbypearce

A trauma informed, strengths-based approach to promoting optimal developmental, behavioural and mental health outcomes for children and young people. Continue reading →

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Child CARE: Our New Program for long day care and early learning centres

Posted on May 7, 2019 by colbypearce

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 →

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Child development: The importance of emotional connection

Posted on April 25, 2019 by colbypearce

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 →

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