Tag Archives: adoption

We Love Collaborating

Posted on June 1, 2019 by colbypearce

Secure Start® is looking to collaborate with organisations who share our vision of supporting happy, connected children. Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged adoption, attachment, child care, early learning, foster care, kinship care, Model of Care, model of practice, residential care, resilience, therapeutic foster care, therapeutic parenting, trauma, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, trauma sensitive schools | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, Training Programs, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, Trauma Informed Schools | 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 | Leave a comment

Complex Trauma: Three things you need to know about how it impacts the developing child

Posted on March 8, 2019 by colbypearce

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 →

Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, Schools, Training Programs, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, Trauma Informed Schools | 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 | Leave a comment

Trauma Informed Care Resource

Posted on February 22, 2019 by colbypearce

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 | 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 | Leave a comment

Why clinicians use play in therapy with children

Posted on February 4, 2019 by colbypearce

In response to the statement that he or she (the clinician) ‘just plays with the children’ I give you the following reasons why play is important. Continue reading →

Posted in Therapy | Tagged adoption, anxiety, arousal, attachment, Attachment Disorder, behaviour management, behaviour problems, child trauma, childrens behaviour, development, fostering, parenting, trauma informed, wellbeing | Leave a comment

A Gentle Method for Getting Children to Sleep Part Two

Posted on January 20, 2019 by colbypearce

This is a follow-up to the very popular article A Gentle Method for Getting Children to Sleep in their Own Beds. Continue reading →

Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting | Tagged adoption, adoptive parent, foster parent, fostering, kinship carer, parenting, trauma informed, trauma informed care | 1 Comment

Trauma-Informed: Adopting a Balanced View

Posted on January 16, 2019 by colbypearce

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 | Tagged adoption, attachment, foster care, kinship care, parenting, reactive attachment disorder, resilience, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, trauma-informed school, wellbeing | Leave a comment

School Holidays : A brief survival guide

Posted on December 16, 2018 by colbypearce

Dear subscribers and visitors. It is Christmas holiday time here in Australia, and I thought that I would update this older post, which was very much buried in this site. Again, it contains some practical advice that many parents, grandparents, … Continue reading →