The Reactive Attachment Disorder Resource Desert: Why Parents Can't Find Good Help for Their Kids
Why can't parents find help for kids with reactive attachment disorder? It comes down its definition and symptoms and higher education gaps.
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Anonymous
- Feb 22
- 5 min
What it Feels Like to be a Nurturing Enemy to a Child with Reactive Attachment Disorder
The nurturing enemy is a devastating dynamic for everyone involved. It hurts the child with the disorder and everyone in the family.
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Micaela Myers
- Feb 16
- 11 min
The Pros and Cons of 14 Alternative Reactive Attachment Disorder Treatments, for and by Parents
Reactive attachment disorder is not easily treatable. Many parents grasp at straws to find what works. Maybe it's an alternative treatment?
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Anonymous
- Jan 31
- 9 min
Why Therapeutic Parenting is the Last Thing You Should Do With a Child With Severe RAD
Allison was confident that therapeutic parenting was the answer when they adopted their children. They learned otherwise the hard way.
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Micaela Myers
- Jan 10
- 9 min
10 Things People Say About Reactive Attachment Disorder That Aren't True (and Hurt Families)
Reactive attachment disorder isn't usually what it seems to the outside world. And the assumptions around it hurt kids and families.
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Nichole Noonan
- Dec 28, 2022
- 7 min
The Story of a Mom who Protected Her Family From a Disguised and Tricky Disorder
Though the road to and through reactive attachment disorder was long and winding, Amy's perseverance led her family to safety.
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Micaela Myers
- Nov 29, 2022
- 5 min
Reactive Attachment Disorder Parenting Aftermath: How to Heal After Living With the Disorder
Reactive attachment disorder is a developmental trauma disorder that wreaks havoc upon the families dealing with it. Violence,...
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Micaela Myers
- Nov 11, 2022
- 5 min
The Aftermath of Reactive Attachment Disorder: What To Do When Your Kid Grows Up
When our children with reactive attachment disorder (RAD) – a developmental trauma disorder – grow up, RAD doesn’t magically disappear.
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Alyssa Carter
- Oct 28, 2022
- 6 min
How to Chat with Staff When Your Child with RAD is in Residential Treatment: 5 Tips for Parents
At one point or another, most kids with reactive attachment disorder end up in residential treatment. Here's how to communicate with staff.
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Nichole Noonan
- Oct 18, 2022
- 7 min
An Overview of the Navigating Reactive Attachment Disorder Experience for Those Who Couldn't Make It
Navigating Reactive Attachment Disorder 2022 (NavRAD22) was full of tears, hope, laughter, connection and guidance.
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Nichole Noonan
- Sep 23, 2022
- 5 min
Reactive Attachment Disorder: How a Family Got to the Other Side From Despair to Hope
The Baxters had never heard of reactive attachment disorder. They certainly didn't have training for what to do about it. But they made it.
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Micaela Myers
- Aug 29, 2022
- 5 min
Reactive Attachment Disorder Parenting: How Your Brain is Traumatized Too
Many of our kids have post-traumatic stress disorder. We often develop it too from trauma reactive attachment disorder causes in our lives.
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Micaela Myers
- Aug 16, 2022
- 6 min
5 Painful Yet Often Critical Pathways for Parents of Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder
Parenting isn’t an easy gig, no matter who the parent or child is. But when a child has reactive attachment disorder (RAD) – the result...
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Anonymous
- Aug 9, 2022
- 6 min
The Process of a Heart Breaking, by a Sister of a Brother with Reactive Attachment Disorder
Many people, including clinicians, do not understand that the whole family needs help for reactive attachment disorder. Here is one story.
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Micaela Myers
- Jul 6, 2022
- 8 min
The Real Reasons Adoptions Fail from the Perspective of a Parent of a Failed Adoption
Why do adoptions fail and how we can improve outcomes? Let's start by turning to the people who know best.
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Micaela Myers
- Jun 23, 2022
- 5 min
How Lying and Stealing from a Child with Reactive Attachment Disorder is Different from Another Kid
The lies that kids with RAD tell can be so obvious and illogical that parents begin to question their own reality, says Lien.
5,523 views1 comment
Micaela Myers
- May 17, 2022
- 5 min
3 Things This Mom Wishes She Knew Years Ago While Raising a Child with Reactive Attachment Disorder
Being the mother of a child with reactive attachment disorder was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Here's what I wish I knew at the start.
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Nichole Noonan
- Apr 14, 2022
- 4 min
The Stories About Childhood Trauma You Might Not Know (and what you can do to change the narrative)
Maybe you've never heard the true stories of what can happen after childhood trauma. It's time to educate and change the narrative.
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Micaela Myers
- Apr 4, 2022
- 11 min
What Reactive Attachment Disorder Looks Like Across the Spectrum in Real Families
Reactive attachment disorder differs for each child and family depending on its severity. And so should treatment.
4,342 views1 comment
Micaela Myers
- Mar 14, 2022
- 6 min
Reactive Attachment Disorder Treatment: The Paths That Do and Don't Work for (and from) Families
There's no straight-forward reactive attachment disorder treatment to heal the wounds of early trauma. Learn from other families' trials.
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