Tag Archives: kinship care

Child development: The importance of emotional connection

Posted on April 25, 2019 by colbypearce

Emotional connection, initiated by an adult caretaker, is important because it supports several extremely important aspects of a child’s emotional development. Connecting with the emotional experience of an infant supports a reciprocal emotional connection from the infant. Within this emotional … Continue reading →

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A Short Introduction to the Kinship CARE Project

Posted on April 10, 2019 by colbypearce

Access a PDF of the full article here. In South Australia, forty-six percent of children in out-of-home care with an authority to place are in a kinship care placement. Kinship care is the largest form of out-of-home care in South … Continue reading →

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Complex Trauma: Three things you need to know about how it impacts the developing child

Posted on March 8, 2019 by colbypearce

Complex Trauma occurs when children experience prolonged and debilitating fear and distress as a result of adverse experiences that occur recurrently and/or in combination, and where the person or person’s who are responsible for keeping the child safe from harm and alleviate their distress is/are:
1. unable to alleviate the child’s distress; or
2. responsible or the child’s distress. Continue reading →

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Trauma Informed Care Resource

Posted on February 22, 2019 by colbypearce

This resource represents an endeavour to support the implementation of therapeutic care environments and effective working connections between home and school in support of recovery for children who have experienced trauma at home. Continue reading →

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Trauma-Informed: Adopting a Balanced View

Posted on January 16, 2019 by colbypearce

Eyes are mirrors for a child’s soul. What do children see in your eyes? Continue reading →

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School Holidays : A brief survival guide

Posted on December 16, 2018 by colbypearce

Dear subscribers and visitors. It is Christmas holiday time here in Australia, and I thought that I would update this older post, which was very much buried in this site. Again, it contains some practical advice that many parents, grandparents, … Continue reading →

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Dear Subscribers and Visitors to this Blog

Posted on December 6, 2018 by colbypearce

Hello. You have not really heard from me for a while. I have neglected this blog site while working on other endeavours, including the further development of the Triple-A Model of Therapeutic Care in Donegal, Ireland, and the development and … Continue reading →

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Understanding, Connection and Wellbeing

Posted on September 2, 2018 by colbypearce
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Therapeutic caregiving – why conventional is vital

Posted on May 10, 2017 by colbypearce

We know that . . . We do that . . . These are all-too-familiar responses to endeavours to promote conventional aspects of caregiving and relating as part of a therapeutic approach to the care of children who are experiencing, … Continue reading →

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Parental CARE: Implications for Attachment Security and Disorders

Posted on April 26, 2017 by colbypearce

Parental CARE: Implications for Attachment Security and Disorders A webinar with Colby Pearce Saturday 20 May 2017, 10.00am – 1.00pm, London, UK time  In the same way that an infant’s attachments develop in association with their experience of who cares for … Continue reading →

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