Jessie Hogsett was diagnosed with RAD at the age of 12 and grew up acting out of the hurt and trauma of his early childhood. …
The Kids we Lose is a PBS documentary that explores how ineffective discipline techniques in schools feed the school-to-prison pipeline. It does a great job …
For the safety of our kids, who will someday age-out of residential treatment and into the real world – we must find a balance. They’ve …
Regardless of our politics, we can advocate together on behalf of innocent children. Let’s consider that the immigration system isn’t the only “system” that’s harmful …
My son Devon was 10-years-old when I dropped him off at a residential treatment facility (RTF) for the first time. I knew almost instantly it …
This HBO documentary explores the struggle of three moms who are trying to find mental health services for their aggressive sons.
A Dangerous Son tells …
Adoption finalization is a reason to celebrate. Parents have filled out mountains of paperwork, waited months or years and shed many tears to get to …
Imagine identifying a toxin so potent it could rewire a child’s brain and erode his immune system. A substance that, in high doses, tripled the …
As I like to tell my son, a sneeze is involuntary – stabbing someone with a pencil is not. For families like mine, these popular …
Our recent Facebook poll showed up to 95% of adoptive parents are not sufficiently trained on developmental trauma and the related diagnoses including Reactive Attachment …
Only a few days ago, I had the opportunity to plant a gun in a school.
The doors were unlocked. There was no security guard. …
Our recent Facebook poll showed that 67% of children first misdiagnosed with RAD (and other developmental trauma diagnoses) were first diagnosed with ADHD.