Category Archives: trauma informed

A common knowledge, language, and approach for parents, professionals, and organisations: The CARE Curriculum

Posted on January 22, 2021 by colbypearce

The CARE Curriculum offers a comprehensive approach to the delivery of culturally-sensitive, trauma-informed and -responsive services among families recovering from adverse life and family circumstances, via the delivery of enriched CARE. Continue reading →

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All relationships are important for attachment security

Posted on January 15, 2021 by colbypearce

All attachments are significant. All influence our approach to life, roles and relatedness. This is particularly important in child welfare and related endeavours where the focus is facilitating recovery from a tough start to life and traumatic relationships, including through the promotion of attachment security. Continue reading →

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Aboriginal Kinship Care

Posted on December 15, 2020 by colbypearce

In the language of the original inhabitants of the Adelaide region, Martinthi means ‘to embrace/to clasp/to hold’ and reflects the importance of connection and community amongst Aboriginal peoples. Continue reading →

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Five strategies for addressing issues with compliance in children

Posted on December 11, 2020 by colbypearce

Noncompliance and defiance are common parenting challenges. This article offers five gentle strategies that address the reason for the behaviour, as well as the behaviour. Continue reading →

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Preserving Placements during a Pandemic – Video Series with Handbook

Posted on April 18, 2020 by colbypearce

I am very pleased to make this series of short videos available to foster and kinship carers, to assist them manage the impact of the current pandemic on the children and young people in their care, and themselves. I am … Continue reading →

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Parenting in Tough Times

Posted on April 10, 2020 by colbypearce

In these tough times, it is important to reflect on these truths. Continue reading →

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Kinship CARE

Posted on March 6, 2020 by colbypearce

Kinship CARE is a comprehensive training package for trauma-informed care and practice among kinship carers and professionals who support them. Kinship CARE is tailored to the experience and training needs of kinship carers. Kinship CARE recognises that, for kinship carers, … Continue reading →

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Kinship CARE Project: New Beginnings

Posted on February 17, 2020 by colbypearce

The Kinship CARE Project is an initiative of Secure Start®. At Secure Start, we believe that Kinship Carers make a highly valuable contribution to the care of children in need, and to society. Yet, kinship carers do not always get … Continue reading →

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Working with At-Risk Families: The Importance of Regulating Shame

Posted on February 1, 2020 by colbypearce

In The Zahir, author Paulo Coelho tells the story of two firefighters who take a break from fighting a forest fire by a stream. The face of one of the firefighters is dirty and sooty. The face of the other … Continue reading →