Colby Pearce
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Opening Dialogue with Schools
I am often reading and hearing about the frustrations of parents and carers of children with special needs when interfacing with their children’s school. What follows is my attempt to open dialogue with a school that has otherwise proved resistant … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Resilience, Schools, Trauma
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Tagged AAA caregiving, AAA parenting, adoption, arousal, attachment, Attachment Disorder, attachment therapy, child psychologist, child trauma, fostering, kinship care, resilience, school
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Respond to the need as well as the behaviour
Much is being written about empathic care and being in-tune with the needs of children. Below is an excerpt from my book A Short Introduction to Promoting Resilience in Children (London: Jessica Kingsley, 2011), which, itself, is based on material … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Children's Behaviour, Fostering, Parenting, Resilience, Schools, Trauma
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Tagged AAA caregiving, AAA parenting, adoption, attachment, Attachment Disorder, child psychologist, child trauma, kinship care, parenting, resilience
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Proactive Needs Provision Required to Heal Trauma Hurts
Perhaps the most little known and understood aspect of childhood trauma is the impact inadequate needs provision has on the child’s perception of how their basic human needs will be met in future, and their associated actions to satisfy their … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, Parenting, Trauma, trauma informed, trauma informed care
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Tagged AAA caregiving, AAA parenting, anxiety, attachment, Attachment Disorder, attachment therapy, child psychologist, child trauma, fostering, kinship care, parenting, resilience, therapeutic parenting, trauma informed, trauma informed care
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Attachment Therapy Revisited
Back in July I published a post about attachment therapy for children who have experienced family trauma. This has been a popular post and resulted in my fielding a request to prepare a more detailed account of my approach to … Continue reading →
A Tale of Three Mice: An Attachment Story
Once upon a time there were three mice. The first mouse lived in a house that contained, along with furniture and other household goods and possessions, a lever and a hole in the wall from which food was delivered. Each … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, Trauma, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice
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Tagged ACEs, adoption, attachment, Attachment Disorder, child trauma, fostering, kinship care, parenting, resilience, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, wellbeing
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Attachment and Resilience 