How to Start a Local Support Group
Looking to start a support group for parents of kids with developmental trauma and/or reactive attachment disorder (RAD)? Here’s some tips to help you get started.
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Tag: Reactive Attachment Disorder
What is Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)?
Kids with RAD have an indefatigable need to control the people and situations around them because they only feel safe when they prove to themselves they are in control. To understand this, we must go back to the underlying causes of the disorder.
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Raising a Child with Developmental Trauma
Raising a child with developmental trauma can be incredibly difficult and isolating. The more you understand your child’s trauma history, and learn about the science of trauma and therapeutic parenting, the better equipped you will be to help your child heal.
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The Secret Next Door
Child-on-parent violence is at epidemic levels in some families. However, it’s a taboo topic in our society and there’s little help available for parents or children.
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Navigating Reactive Attachment Disorder – And Succeeding!
Gina and her husband adopted Maddox only to discover he suffered developmental trauma and was diagnosed with RAD. Through years of therapy and specialized schools he’s a successful and well-adjusted teenager with a bright future ahead.
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Book Review: The Boy Who Built a Wall Around Himself
If your child has attachment issues, The Boy who Build a Wall Around Himself is the perfect book to cuddle up
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