Colby Pearce
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Category Archives: trauma informed care
Child development: The importance of emotional connection
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 →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, Training Programs, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, Trauma Informed Schools
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Tagged adoption, child development, connection, emotional connectedness, emotional connection, emotional development, empathy, fostercare, kinship care, reciprocity, relative care, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, trauma-informed school
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A Short Introduction to the Kinship CARE Project
Access a PDF of the full article here. In South Australia, forty-six percent of children in out-of-home care with an authority to place are in a kinship care placement. Kinship care is the largest form of out-of-home care in South … Continue reading →
Posted in kinship care, training, Training Programs, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice
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Tagged attachment, howto, kinship care, kinship care matters, kinship carer, psychology, relationships, therapeutic care, training, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice
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Complex Trauma: Three things you need to know about how it impacts the developing child
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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Tagged adoption, complex developmental trauma, Complex Trauma, developmental trauma, kinship care, post adoption support, school, Social Care, social care worker, social worker, teacher, therapeutic care, therapeutic foster care, trauma informed
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Trauma Informed Resources
One of the most common types of feedback I hear from people who have attended training in the field of developmental trauma and trauma informed practice is that the training focuses heavily on what participants need to know and not … Continue reading →
Posted in Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Schools, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, Trauma Informed Schools
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Tagged Education, educator, schools, therapeutic care, therapeutic childcare, therapeutic foster care, therapeutic fostering, therapeutic parentng, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, Trauma Informed Schools
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Trauma Informed Care Resource
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 →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, trauma informed, trauma informed care, Uncategorized
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Tagged adoption, kinship care, kinship carer, post adoption support, therapeutic care, therapeutic foster care, therapeutic fostering, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed care principles, trauma informed practice, Trauma Informed Schools, traumarecovery
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How to achieve real progress in addressing childhood trauma
In the next few days I will be releasing a resource for supporting trauma-informed practice in schools. The resource complements the Triple-A Model of Therapeutic Care and the CARE Therapeutic Framework, which are currently being implemented in Australia and Ireland … Continue reading →
Posted in Training Programs, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, Trauma Informed Schools
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Tagged ACEs, attachment, attachment trauma, developmental trauma, Education, teacher, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed care principles, trauma informed practice
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We All Need CARE to Thrive
Something different – a short video about the CARE Therapeutic Framework. Let me know what you think! If you like this post, please subscribe to this blog to receive an email notification when other practical ideas and guidance is published. … Continue reading →
Trauma-Informed: Adopting a Balanced View
Eyes are mirrors for a child’s soul. What do children see in your eyes? Continue reading →
Posted in Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, Training Programs, trauma informed, trauma informed care, Trauma Informed Schools
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Tagged adoption, attachment, foster care, kinship care, parenting, reactive attachment disorder, resilience, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, trauma-informed school, wellbeing
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Therapeutic Parenting : What it Looks Like
In this post I will provide a description of what therapeutic parenting might look like when viewed as enrichment of conventional aspects of parenting that support recovery from inconsistent and inadequate care and early attachment trauma. Continue reading →
How to train : Some reflections
The training of carers of children in out-of-home-care (OOHC) and the social care professionals who support them is closely aligned. There is an emphasis on imparting what carers and professionals need to know (theory/ideas), and relatively less emphasis on what they … Continue reading →
