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Category Archives: Trauma
Five tips for supporting children impacted by natural disasters
This short article is a brief follow-up to Disaster Relief: Helping Children During (and After) Community Traumatic Events. Continue reading →
Posted in Adoption, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, Trauma, trauma informed, trauma informed care, Wellbeing
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Tagged adoption, bushfires, child care, child development, early years, Education, educator, foster care, foster carer, kinship care, kinship carer, kinship carers, natural disasters, parent, parenting, parents, post adoption support, recovery, Social Care, trauma, wellbeing
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Therapeutic Parenting – The CARE Curriculum
Since I began updating A Short Introduction to Attachment and Attachment Disorder in early 2016, the CARE Therapeutic Framework is the name I have used when referring to content and strategies associated with the CARE Model (Consistency, Accessibility, Responsiveness, Emotional … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, early learning, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, training, Training Programs, Trauma, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, Trauma Informed Schools, Uncategorized
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Tagged attachment, child development, child welfare, childcare, early learning, Education, educator, kinship care matters, kinshipcare, kinshipcarematters, kinshipcarer, kinshipcarersmatter, mental health, post adoption support, residential care, residential childcare, resilience, self care, socialcare, teacher, therapeutic fostercare, therapeutic fostering, therapeutic parenting, wellbeing
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Raising Kids Who Have High and Complex Needs – The Importance of Self Care
Self-care supports wellbeing that sustains us through tough times and our success in the task or role we are performing. Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, kinship care, Parenting, Schools, Training Programs, Trauma, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, Trauma Informed Schools, Wellbeing
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Tagged anxiety, child development, children, parenting, resilience, self-care, trauma informed, trauma informed practice, trauma sensitive, wellbeing
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Therapeutic caregiving – why conventional is vital
We know that . . . We do that . . . These are all-too-familiar responses to endeavours to promote conventional aspects of caregiving and relating as part of a therapeutic approach to the care of children who are experiencing, … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, Parenting, Schools, Trauma, Wellbeing
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Tagged AAA caregiving, AAA parenting, adoption, attachment, Attachment Disorder, child psychologist Adelaide, childrens behaviour, foster care, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, parenting, residential care, Social Care, therapeutic foster care, trauma
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Foster Carers report Model of Care Interesting and Helpful
The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) is an independent authority established to drive high-quality and safe care for people using health and social care services in Ireland. HIQA monitors foster care services against the National Standards for Foster Care, … Continue reading →
Posted in Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, Parenting, Trauma
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Tagged adoption, development, foster care, foster care support, health, kinship care, mental health, Model of Care, psychology, residential care, Social Care, sport, therapeutic fostering
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Therapeutic CARE and the Triple-A method
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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Tagged AAA caregiving, AAA parenting, adelaide child psychologist, adoption, attachment, Attachment Disorder, child development, child psychologist, child trauma, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, parenting, post adoption support, psychology, residential care, residential childcare, resilience, therapeutic childcare, therapeutic foster care, therapeutic parentng, wellbeing
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Strengths-based therapeutic foster care
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 →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Fostering, Parenting, Trauma, Wellbeing
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Tagged AAA caregiving, AAA parenting, adoption, attachment, Attachment Disorder, child psychologist, child psychologist Adelaide, child trauma, foster care, fostercare, kinship care, parenting, resilience, wellbeing
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Media Release: South Australian Program Embraced by Foster Carers in Ireland
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 →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, Parenting, Trauma, Wellbeing
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Tagged AAA caregiving, AAA parenting, adoption, attachment, Attachment Disorder, child psychologist Adelaide, child trauma, foster care, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, parenting, wellbeing
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Foster Carer Wellbeing
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 →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, Trauma, Wellbeing
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Tagged adoption, child psychologist, child psychologist Adelaide, foster adoption, foster care, foster carer support, fostercare, kinship care, kinshipcare, post adoption support, residential child care, resilience, Social Care, therapeutic foster care, wellbeing
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Foster Care Enriched
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 →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, Trauma, Wellbeing
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Tagged adoption, Attachment Disorder, child psychologist, child psychologist Adelaide, child trauma, foster care, foster care support, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, psychology, therapeutic foster care, wellbeing
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Attachment and Resilience 