Colby Pearce
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Companion App for Therapeutic Classrooms and alignment with home. A practical guide to Attachment & Attachment Disorder
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Children Don’t Need Perfect Adults. They Need Predictable Care
The Most Important Thing Traumatised Children Need Is Not What Most Systems Prioritise Across my career in out-of-home care, education, and therapeutic practice, I have become increasingly convinced of something uncomfortable: We consistently underestimate the impact of inconsistency on children. … Continue reading →
Posted in AURA Apps, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, trauma informed care, Trauma Informed Schools
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The 4 Simple Habits that Can Change a Child’s Behaviour (Without Punishment)
(Professionals – support for your work with parents to maintain a therapeutic care environment for children and young people recovering from a tough start to life.) The AURA by Secure Start App supports daily reflection and attention to four key … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, early learning, Fostering, kinship care, trauma informed care, Trauma Informed Schools
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Tagged adoption, anxiety, attachment, child psychologist, family, fostercare, fostering, health, kinship care, mental health, parenting, resilience, Social Work, trauma informed
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Enhancing Therapeutic Environments with AURA by Secure Start
For many years now I have been thinking about the usefulness of having an app on the phones of parents and carers of children I am working with, which reminds them of important aspects of maintaining a therapeutic environment in … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, Therapy, trauma informed, trauma informed care
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Tagged adoption, ai, attachment, Education, family, foster care, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, mental health, parenting, Social Care, social care leadership, technology, trauma informed
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An attachment-informed perspective about why healing birth family connection is vital in social care endeavours.
Attachment is an important consideration in decisions that are made in Child Protection. Attachment security is an aspirational goal for children and young people who could not be safely cared for at home with their birth family. Though this is … Continue reading →
Getting Behaviour Management Right for Deeply Hurt and Troubled Children and Young People: A Triple-A Approach
Recently, I was invited to deliver training to staff of a local children’s services organisation. I chose to deliver the training on a reflective process for understanding and responding therapeutically to behaviours of concern exhibited by children and young people … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, Schools, trauma informed care, Trauma Informed Schools
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Tagged attachment, attachment theory, Colby Pearce, Donald Winnicott, foster care, John Bowlby, kinship care, OOHC, out of home care, parenting, residential child care, school, social worker, teacher, therapeutic care, trauma informed, trauma informed school
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The Secure Start Podcast Episode 14: Richard Rollinson
This week, I had the pleasure of releasing a podcast interview I did with Richard Rollinson. Richard has had a 51-year association with The Mulberry Bush Therapeutic Community in Oxfordshire, including 10 years as it’s Director. Richard has also engaged … Continue reading →
The Secure Start Podcast Episode 12: Lar Nossa Senhora do Livramento
Lar Nossa Senhora do Livramento, or “Livramento” for short, is an inspirational home for girls and young women in need, with an interesting 215 year history! That’s right, 215 years since a group of concerned citizens of Porto established a … Continue reading →
Ten experts speak about child trauma, safeguarding, and therapeutic care
Followers of this page will be aware that this year I finally started The Secure Start Podcast. So far I have had eleven highly esteemed guests appear, with more booked in. It has been so encouraging that so many respected … Continue reading →
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Tagged attachment, attachment theory, child trauma, children, fostercare, kinshipcare, leadership, mental health, parenting, politics, psychologist, safeguarding, Social Care, social care leadership, socialwork, socialworker, therapeutic care, therapeutic residential care, trauma, traumainformed
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The Secure Start Podcast Episode 11: Dr Lisa Cherry
This past week I had the privilege to speak to Dr Lisa Cherry FRSA on The Secure Start Podcast. Lisa is an inspirational global voice for children and young people who could not be safely cared for at home, and … Continue reading →
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Tagged adoption, attachment, care experienced, care experienced person, care leaver, fostercare, fostering, homelessness, kinship care, parenting, residential child care, resilience, therapeutic care, therapeutic residential care, trauma informed, trauma informed classroom, trauma informed school
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Exploring Attachment, Self-Worth, and Shame
In this episode of The Secure Start Podcast we do something a little different. This past week I was interviewed by Edmund Hill-Thompson, Head of Learning at Blue Sky Network Social Care as part of their learning and development series … Continue reading →
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