Tag Archives: resilience

Child Protection Reflections

Posted on April 17, 2015 by colbypearce

Some reflections on child protection . . . The requirement that children be protected from abuse, neglect and interpersonal trauma is conceptually simple and beyond reproach. Child protection in practice is not-so-simple. Child protection in practice requires the community to … Continue reading →

Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, Resilience, Trauma | Tagged adoption, attachment, Child Abuse, Child Protection, child trauma, foster care, kinship care, mental health, neglect, recovery, residential care, resilience | 4 Comments

Limited Online Release of Triple-A Handbook

Posted on February 10, 2015 by colbypearce

Limited Online Release of Triple-A Handbook. I am conducting a limited online release of the handbook for the Triple A Model of Therapeutic Care. The handbook offers practical strategies for the therapeutic care of children that have experienced abuse, neglect … Continue reading →

Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Children's Behaviour, Fostering, Resilience, Trauma, Wellbeing | Tagged AAA caregiving, AAA parenting, Adelaide, adoption, attachment, Attachment Disorder, attachment therapy, child psychologist, child psychologist Adelaide, child trauma, childrens behaviour, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, parenting, resilience, wellbeing | 1 Comment

Bestselling Adoption Titles

Posted on May 1, 2014 by colbypearce

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Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, Parenting | Tagged AAA caregiving, AAA parenting, Adelaide, adoption, attachment, Attachment Disorder, child psychologist, child psychologist Adelaide, child trauma, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, parenting, residential care, resilience, Secure Start, wellbeing | Leave a comment

Reparative Attachment Therapy

Posted on April 25, 2014 by colbypearce

Reparative Attachment Therapy.

Posted in Adoption, Fostering, Resilience, Therapy, Wellbeing | Tagged Adelaide, adoption, attachment, Attachment Disorder, attachment therapy, behaviour management, behaviour problems, child psychologist, child psychologist Adelaide, child trauma, childrens behaviour, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, residential care, resilience, Secure Start, wellbeing | Leave a comment

Managing Our Own Emotions in the Presence of Our Child’s Challenging Behaviors

Posted on April 14, 2014 by colbypearce

Managing Our Own Emotions in the Presence of Our Child’s Challenging Behaviors.

Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Children's Behaviour, Fostering, Parenting, Resilience, Wellbeing | Tagged AAA caregiving, AAA parenting, Adelaide, adoption, attachment, behaviour management, behaviour problems, child psychologist, child psychologist Adelaide, childrens behaviour, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, parenting, resilience, Secure Start, wellbeing | Leave a comment

Self-regulation in the presence of challenging behaviours

Posted on April 14, 2014 by colbypearce

This article, by Colby Pearce, was originally published on 10/4/14 by Parenting Beyond Punishment as part of their No-Spank-Challenge. Some thoughts on how to manage your emotions in the presence of your child’s difficult and challenging behaviours I am the … Continue reading →

Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Children's Behaviour, Fostering, Parenting, Wellbeing | Tagged AAA caregiving, adoption, behaviour management, behaviour problems, child psychologist Adelaide, childrens behaviour, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, resilience, Secure Start, wellbeing | Leave a comment

Kindness is magic

Posted on March 17, 2014 by colbypearce

Children form significant, lifelong memories of their interactions with the various adults who enter their lives, including their parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, teachers and so on. Those memories, and the experiences from which they derive, shape the beliefs children … Continue reading →

Posted in Parenting, Resilience, Wellbeing | Tagged acceptance, adelaide child psychologist, attachment, child psychologist Adelaide, children, kindness, resilience, wellbeing, welness | 1 Comment

Wellness, Wellbeing and Resilience in Children

Posted on March 11, 2014 by colbypearce

Decades of research has identified three factors that play a key role in children’s resilience. These three factors are: Individual factors (i.e. characteristics of the individual) Relationship/social factors (i.e. characteristics of their relationships) Environmental factors (i.e. characteristics of their environment). … Continue reading →

Posted in AAA Caregiving, Resilience, Schools, Wellbeing | Tagged anxiety, childpsychologistadelaide, children, parenting, positivepsychology, resilience, schools, securestart, teachers, wellbeing, wellness | Leave a comment

Assessing Suicide Risk

Posted on February 12, 2014 by colbypearce

Youth suicide remains a major public health concern of our time. Few things are more tragic than a young life cut short. Compounding the tragedy of youth suicide is the fact that suicide among young people is a permanent solution … Continue reading →

Posted in Wellbeing, Youth Suicide | Tagged child psychologist, child psychologist Adelaide, child trauma, high emotion, invalidation, psychology, PsycTESTS, resilience, Suicide, Teen Suicide, wellbeing, Youth Suicide | Leave a comment

In order to be heard we first need to listen

Posted on February 2, 2014 by colbypearce

I think a lot about the concept of validation; and its antithesis, invalidation. In psychological terms, validation incorporates the experience that our thoughts, feelings, perspectives and intentions are understood, accepted and respected by significant others. Conversely, invalidation incorporates the experience … Continue reading →

Posted in Favourites, Therapy, Wellbeing | Tagged child psychologist, child psychologist Adelaide, invalidation, psychology, resilience, validation, wellbeing | Leave a comment

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