Raising Devon

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• Opening our foster care adoption - Published by Adoptive Families May 2018 Issue Sarrah laughed a little too loudly, running her fingers through her long, fluorescent…
• How parents of kids with RAD get PTSD - “It’s unreasonable to force a parent to bond with a child whose behaviors have led to his or her PTSD,”…
• Understanding Anger: Trauma and the Incredible Hulk - Effectively parenting children with a history of trauma requires a paradigm shift. This short video by psychologist Jacob Ham is…
• 15 Practical Self-Care Ideas for Parents - via Blog – Institute For Attachment and Child Development A self-care list for the exhausted, frazzled, frustrated parents without a…
• Open letter to a therapist from a mom of a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder - Dear Therapist, I am desperate for your help. I apologize ahead of time if I seem angry and defensive. I’m just…
• When a mom struggles to love and attach to her child with Reactive Attachment Disorder - Originally published by the Institute for Child Development. Carol was bitter and angry—on edge. Shortly after we met through a…
• Amazing stories of violent children with RAD and the families that love them. (Video) - Here are the stories of one dozen children with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) and how their families found the answers…
• 6 Steps to protect yourself from false allegations - Published by Institute for Attachment & Child Development A sweet little kindergartener, with a Blues Clues backpack and big brown…
• 3 Reasons Traditional Parenting Doesn’t Work With Kids From Trauma. - For years I pulled out my hair not understanding why my parenting strategy was working with my birth and other…
• You can get PTSD from dealing with a young child? - After my son was placed in a psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF) I went to therapy. Something was wrong with…
• Believing “children are resilient” may be a fantasy | Psychology Today - How did resilience become a standard? How did we come to view children almost as nuisances who just need minimal…
• I’ve tried the system. It doesn’t work. - The media is calling the Parkland massacre “preventable” and pointing to missed warning signs. But, I’ve heeded the warning signs. All these mental health services, like water and sunshine, have unwittingly nurtured Devon’s proclivity for violence. He’s only gotten bigger, stronger, smarter, and more dangerous. I fear he could be the next teen paraded across the headlines in handcuffs.
• Mental Health workers are burnt out - Mental health “workers” are chronically overworked, underpaid, and not appreciated. “Workers,” given a variety of job titles, are the day-to-day…
• Why I use the word “rage” and not “tantrum” for my child with developmental trauma - What kind of parent calls the police when her kid has a tantrum? Or, even worse, tries to check him…
• Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism - An inspiring story of a family who used Disney animated movies to communicate with their non-verbal autistic son, Owen. Ultimately…