Colby Pearce
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How do I care for a child who experienced early trauma?
The content of this post is drawn from my self-paced learning module on the topic of Early Trauma: The Infant’s Experience. It was developed for carers of children recovering from early relational trauma that necessitated placement away from home. The complete … Continue reading →
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Why wont my child communicate?
The content of this post is drawn from my self-paced learning module on the topic of Behaviour as Communication. It was developed for carers of children recovering from early relational trauma that necessitated placement away from home. The complete module … Continue reading →
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Why does my child make mountains out of molehills?
The content, below, is drawn from my self-paced learning module on the topic of Trauma and Regulation. It was developed for carers of children recovering from early relational trauma that necessitated placement away from home. The complete module can be … Continue reading →
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Making decisions about contact with birth parents: The role of Attachment.
Dear Followers of this Blog. I have released another self-paced learning module on the topic of contact between children and young people who cannot safely be cared for at home, and their birth parents. I originally delivered the content of … Continue reading →
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Tagged attachment, attachment theory, childprotection, childwelfare, childwelfareleadership, socialcare, traumainformed
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Self-Paced Learning Modules
Online, Self-Paced Dear followers of this blog. For much of the past twenty-eight years working in child protection I have developed and delivered content designed to support the endeavours of carers and professionals who interact with children and young people … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, Schools, training, Training Programs, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, Trauma Informed Schools
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Removal from family: An enduring sensitivity
The decision to remove a child or young person from the care of their birth parents is a grave one that confronts child protection authorities daily. Removal occurs with the intention of protecting the child from harm and securing their … Continue reading →
Outcomes in child welfare: What a well-modulated nervous system looks like
In this, the third blog in this series, I will write about what a well-modulated nervous system looks like among children and young people who are recovering from a tough start to life. Please also refer to the first and … Continue reading →
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What attachment security looks like
In the first blog of this series about child welfare intervention outcomes, I wrote about the importance of knowing, and being able to say, what progress toward successful outcomes looks like. In this second blog of the series, I will … Continue reading →
Posted in Adoption, Fostering, kinship care, trauma informed
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Tagged adoption, attachment, attachmentdisorder, attachmenttheory, familyservices, fostercare, kinshipcare, parenting, psychology, socialcare, socialwork, traumainformed
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The Practitioner Scientist in Child Welfare
Some know that while attaining my post-graduate qualifications in Psychology I worked for five years as a Research Officer in the local Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). During this period I worked closely with Psychiatry staff who were … Continue reading →
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Children (and Young People) who Foster
I need my mum and dad to be there for me without me having to ask; to say the words that show that they understand what is happening for me and our family right now; to show that my needs are important without me having to explain them; and to sit with me and experience what I am feeling. Continue reading →
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Attachment and Resilience 