5 lessons I wish I’d known when I first adopted a child with developmental trauma
My husband and I adopted Devon out of foster care when he was 3. Devon has complex developmental trauma disorder
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Category: About RAD
RAD, DTD – What’s all the controversy about?
Tweets. Facebook messages. Verbal knockouts. One too many times, I’ve been told reactive attachment disorder (RAD)—the result of a child’s
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How kids in “typical” biological families grow up with attachment issues
Adults who grew up in so-called “typical” families—the families we pay no or little attention to because it looks “normal”,
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What it’s like being the sibling of a child with RAD
“It’s like living in a prison. We can’t go anywhere. All doors are locked. Alarms everywhere. We can’t have friends
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The Essential Guide to RAD
Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD): The Essential Guide for Parents has the resources, advice, and information I wish I’d had when my
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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,”
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