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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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Therapeutic Parenting – The CARE Curriculum

Posted on December 2, 2019 by colbypearce

Since I began updating A Short Introduction to Attachment and Attachment Disorder in early 2016, the CARE Therapeutic Framework is the name I have used when referring to content and strategies associated with the CARE Model (Consistency, Accessibility, Responsiveness, Emotional … Continue reading →

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Addressing Trauma in the Early Learning Setting: The CARE Approach

Posted on September 30, 2019 by colbypearce

Following the success of the resources for trauma-informed practice in early learning centres, I am pleased to advise of my new training workshop: Addressing Trauma in the Early Learning Setting: The CARE approach. Continue reading →

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Childhood Trauma Fact Sheets for Early Learning Educators

Posted on September 17, 2019 by colbypearce

I am pleased to be able to make available three fact sheets for early learning educators. Continue reading →

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Trauma Informed Resources

Posted on March 5, 2019 by colbypearce

One of the most common types of feedback I hear from people who have attended training in the field of developmental trauma and trauma informed practice is that the training focuses heavily on what participants need to know and not … Continue reading →

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Four Essential Enrichment Activities to Promote Recovery at School from Interpersonal Trauma

Posted on July 20, 2017 by colbypearce

Greet the child before they do anything to initiate engagement with you. Greeting children in this way offers them the experience that they are in your thoughts, that they are worthy and that you are accessible. This is necessary as … Continue reading →