Tag Archives: child welfare

All relationships are important for attachment security

Posted on January 15, 2021 by colbypearce

All attachments are significant. All influence our approach to life, roles and relatedness. This is particularly important in child welfare and related endeavours where the focus is facilitating recovery from a tough start to life and traumatic relationships, including through the promotion of attachment security. Continue reading →

Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, Training Programs, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice | Tagged attachment, Attachment Disorder, attachment theory, child care, child development, Child Protection, child welfare, child welfare leadership, trauma, trauma informed, trauma responsive | Leave a comment

Aboriginal Kinship Care

Posted on December 15, 2020 by colbypearce

In the language of the original inhabitants of the Adelaide region, Martinthi means ‘to embrace/to clasp/to hold’ and reflects the importance of connection and community amongst Aboriginal peoples. Continue reading →

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Theory of Accessibility to Needs Provision

Posted on September 11, 2020 by colbypearce

Below is a statement that reflects the third ‘A’ in the Triple-A Model – Accessibility (to needs provision). It captures my thoughts and my response when I am talking to caregivers about their experience of the behaviour of a child … Continue reading →

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Connected Classrooms that CARE: Supporting children recovering from a tough start to life in an era of COVID-19

Posted on May 7, 2020 by colbypearce

In this, my third major release during this COVID-19 period, I have turned my mind to the support of children and young people who are recovering from a tough start to life at school. Written for teachers and other education … Continue reading →

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Our own response to the pandemic reflects the experience of maltreated children

Posted on May 4, 2020 by colbypearce

Uncertainty, including in relation to our health and the health of our loved ones, our access to basic needs, and what the future holds, is anxiety-evoking. It can leave us preoccupied with accessing basic needs and lead us to behave in ways that increase our chances of being able to achieve needs provision, and feel safe. Uncertainty, coupled with the media coverage of the pandemic, can leave us experiencing ourselves as inadequate, others as threatening and dangerous, and the world as unsafe. The current uncertainty, and its psychological impacts on us, provides an insight into what life is like for children and young people who are recovering from a tough start to life.
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Preserving Placements during a Pandemic – Video Series with Handbook

Posted on April 18, 2020 by colbypearce

I am very pleased to make this series of short videos available to foster and kinship carers, to assist them manage the impact of the current pandemic on the children and young people in their care, and themselves. I am … Continue reading →

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Parenting in Tough Times

Posted on April 10, 2020 by colbypearce

In these tough times, it is important to reflect on these truths. Continue reading →

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A little extra understanding in tough times

Posted on March 22, 2020 by colbypearce

In this, the fourth in a series of posts about resources I am distributing to help caregivers of children during these extraordinary times, I highlight the importance for children and young people of being heard and understood. Science shows that … Continue reading →

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A little extra consistency in tough times

Posted on March 19, 2020 by colbypearce

We are experiencing remarkable times. The Coronavirus (COVID 19) has brought with it a great deal of uncertainty, for all of us. Uncertainty is stressful. Certainty allows us to predict what will happen, when it will happen, and how it … Continue reading →

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A little extra CARE in tough times

Posted on March 17, 2020 by colbypearce

Hi everyone. In a follow-up to yesterday’s post, I thought I would provide a complementary infographic that acknowledges that in tough times children benefit from a little extra CARE also. This seems most apt in this most troubling of times. … Continue reading →