What are parents supposed to do when a young adult daughter or son with RAD who has disconnected from you for a long time realizes you are an important part of their life and starts reaching? Is it a good idea to have a visit? How should we handle it?
There are severe challenges to living with and helping to heal a child with RAD child. Critics that have judged and condemned parents without all the information to make a decision is one of the most hurtful. I have tried and tried to explain and teach to get these clueless folks to understand....
I have a great letter for teachers on my website that has helped many parents. I want to help more!
These 7 areas should be written up in the IEP (Individual Education Plan) along with any specific needs the individual student has. The IEP for a child with RAD should include:
Here are the stories of one dozen children with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) and how their families found the answers to stop the fighting and the violence. Amazing loving parents, that never gave up and fought for their sick children to heal, offer their stories for others to find help....
I live in the high mountains of Colorado 150 miles from the best therapists. For 10 years I drove that road every week over two 11,000 foot mountain passes. If there was a blizzard and the road was closed, I would put the chains on my van tires and be the first in line when it opened! Why!?...
I actually had a therapist call me indignantly and demand I stop saying that children must have a parent with them in the treatment room. I was shocked! She had long touted herself as an expert in the field of attachment. She told me, “I can get children to open up and...
When a child tests boundaries by being disrespectful, defiant or destructive this is an effective way to handle that test for the child to be successful and adults to get an A+!
1. Check yourself (prepare for change)
2. Select a brain shifter to move brain...
The original research was done by John Bowlby MD over 70 years ago. When he was hired by the World Health Organization to find out why the children from the orphanages after WWII were out of control, John Bowlby’s research revealed what he termed...
An old Bedouin metaphor says: Never let a camel get his nose in your tent." In the US we say, “Give them an inch and they will take a mile”. Truer words were never spoken when it comes to working with a child with RAD! RAD children have massive trust issues. They choose to rule....
My friend Tim said, “This week with my daughter has been like living in a firestorm. She keeps creating sparks and embers for me to run and put out.” I can picture that! It is how we live when we have a child with RAD. As parents of these challenging children we are continually...
My stomach turned! Once again a gentle loving family had been misguided and hurt for years by an adoption worker telling them that RAD (Reactive Attachment Disorder) was rare and not to worry. When they called and described deeply concerning symptoms she told them it was “a period of...
My puppy knew before I did one summer day at Healing Hearts Camp. Families desperate for help sat on the cool grass on the hill to watch a demonstration. Elan B-lined for one extremely angry, violent girl and parked herself up against her. The look my dog gave me was intense, as if to say,...
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