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…
A Dangerous Son
This HBO documentary explores the struggle of three moms who are trying to find mental…
What we might learn from another tragic story of mental health help given too late, too little
Caleb, 11, was thin with blond hair, glasses, and a big smile where crooked teeth…
The Adoption and Fostering Podcast: Adoption Conversations – Keri
In this podcast episode Keri shares her experience of her son being diagnosed with RAD…
Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) visualization: Restoring empathy
Here’s a meditation from Chel Hamilton created especially for RAD moms to help us recenter…
I will only adopt cats from here on out.
Since I was about 16, I have wanted to adopt children. Not babies, children. I…
Video: Early Childhood Trauma – we need treatments now!
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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…
Developmental Trauma and Psychosis
Though not symptoms of their developmental trauma, some children report hearing voices, seeing “beings,” or…
For a determined would-be school shooter, there’s always a way – until we address the underlying causes
Only a few days ago, I had the opportunity to plant a gun in a…