Colby Pearce
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Tag Archives: childwelfare
Do I support late stage reunification?
Recently, I was asked the question that is the title of this post. The context in which I was asked aligned with my view that this is an important topic for me to share my views on. Just a disclaimer; … Continue reading →
How do I express unconditional positive regard toward deeply hurt and troubled children and young people?
Transcript: Recently, I have been turning my mind to the notion of unconditional positive regard and how we deploy that when working with deeply hurt and troubled young people. So I think it’s really important to have straight in our … Continue reading →
What should be the focus of our work in child protection and social care?
In this short video, drawn from an interview I participated in for Therapeutic Residential and Foster Care for Traumatised Children, I address the question of what I think should be the focus of our work in child protection and social … Continue reading →
One piece of advice I would give to people considering working in child protection and social care
In this short video, extracted from a recent interview I gave to Therapeutic Residential and Foster care, I respond to the question about what one piece of advice I would give to people (considering) working in child protection and social … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, trauma informed care
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Tagged adoption, childwelfare, fostercare, kinshipcare, socialcare, traumainformed
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Building self-worth after trauma
They blame themself For me building self-worth is a critical task when reflecting on the care requirements of children and young people who are recovering from a tough start to life. Self-worth is one of the main casualties of early … Continue reading →
Posted in Fostering, kinship care, trauma informed care
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Tagged childprotection, childwelfare, childwelfareleadership, fostercare, fostering, kinshipcare, parenting, self-image, self-worth, socialcare, traumainformed
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Needs trump reason, and other new videos posted to YouTube this week
This week I posted three more videos drawn from my experience in child and family psychology practice, with a major focus in child protection and out-of-home care, across the last twenty eight years. You will find each video, below. If … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, trauma informed
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Tagged attachment, childhoodtrauma, childprotection, childwelfare, fostercare, kinshipcare, parenting, psychology, socialcare, trauma, traumainformed
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Attachment, Relationships, and the importance of Identity: Being a podcast guest for Lisa Cherry
A couple of weeks ago I posted on LinkedIn that I was interested in releasing more online video content, including long-form conversations, on the subject of my work these past twenty-eight years. I had been reflecting about access to knowledge … Continue reading →
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Tagged attachment, belonging, childwelfare, fostercare, identity, kinshipcare, resilience, socialcare, trauma, traumainformed
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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 →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Fostering, kinship care
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Tagged attachment, childwelfare, fostercare, kinshipcare, socialcare, socialwork
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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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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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