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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Tag: Reactive Attachment Disorder
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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When you feel like you’re on the verge of a nervous breakdown…
Unless you’ve lived through a child’s relentless screaming, violent outbursts, physical aggression, and extreme manipulation – hour-after-hour, day-after-day – it
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When suicidal ideations may not be serious
I opened the closet door to find my son Devon squatting in the shadowy darkness with a belt looped loosely
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How to love a child who doesn’t love you back
By Lynn K. Sollitto, brave mom, author and RAD advocacy hero I instantly fell in love with my biological son
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Out Of Options, Parents Of Children With Mental Illness Trade Custody For Treatment
Illinois Newsroom–Jul 31, 2018 When Toni and Jim Hoy adopted their son Daniel as a toddler, they did not plan
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