Tag Archives: adoption

Five tips for supporting children impacted by natural disasters

Posted on January 16, 2020 by colbypearce

This short article is a brief follow-up to Disaster Relief: Helping Children During (and After) Community Traumatic Events. Continue reading →

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Five tips for getting your child off to sleep in their own bed

Posted on January 16, 2020 by colbypearce

One of the more common struggles reported by parents and caregivers is getting children off to sleep in their own bed. What follows is a simple method to address this issue that I often recommend, and that I used with … Continue reading →

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Why The CARE Therapeutic Framework?

Posted on September 2, 2019 by colbypearce

The CARE Therapeutic Framework is a back-to-basics, strengths-based program that supports enrichment of therapeutic care environments for children who are recovering from relational trauma and other forms of early adversity, and their caregivers. Relational connection, wellbeing, and new learning (growth) … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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 →

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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 →

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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 →