Colby Pearce
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Childhood Trauma and Fire Lighting: Differentiation, Reasons, and Interventions
In this video I respond to a question raised in supervision, recently, about my thoughts about children and young people who light fires. This led to a wide-ranging conversation, a portion of which is shared here. The video is intended … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, trauma informed
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Tagged attachment, children, family, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, mental health, parenting, psychology, trauma informed
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We need to think more broadly than responding to the unmet need
In this video I share my thoughts about the need to broaden the much used maxim in out-of-home care circles, from “respond to the need” to “respond to the reason for the behaviour”. My views are shaped by my observation … Continue reading →
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Tagged attachment, children, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, mental health, parenting, psychology, relationships, trauma informed
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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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Therapeutic Care is all about your AURA
Dear Followers, Just bringing to your attention some recent videos I have uploaded to YouTube. The first one you may not have seen is an attempt to delineate responding to the behaviours and responding to the need/reason, using the common … Continue reading →
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Tagged attachment, Education, fostercare, howto, kinshipcare, parenting, school, socialcare, teachers, 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 →
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Tagged attachment, childhoodtrauma, childprotection, childwelfare, fostercare, kinshipcare, parenting, psychology, socialcare, trauma, traumainformed
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Responding therapeutically to behaviour of concern, and other new videos
I have taken the plunge into making videos of my content, and what appears below are my first three. Do like and share this post if you took something useful from the content. More to come! Responding Therapeutically to Behaviours … Continue reading →
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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 →
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Tagged attachment, childwelfare, fostercare, kinshipcare, socialcare, socialwork
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Attachment and Resilience 