RAD Reflections

We can't solve a problem until we recognize it. And reactive attachment disorder is a big problem, whether or not we choose to believe it.

Sunnybrook Children's Home staff members learn about the complex dynamics of reactive attachment during a virtual training by the...

Children with reactive attachment disorder have special needs. But others don't see it. So parents are left alone to create their "village".

At some point in our journey, most of us parenting a child with reactive attachment disorder find unsupported. How did the system fail us?

Every action creates impact. Every parent, professional and person can be a reactive attachment disorder advocate. Here's what one mom did.

Raising a child with reactive attachment disorder is incredibly difficult. But Susan Green is paving her own way, for herself and others.

Although reactive attachment disorder impacts the entire family, moms (or sometimes dads) often get the brunt of it.

Move to keep us in front of those working with traumatized families. So those charged with doing good can do better. To give parents voice.

A mom-perspective of Navigating RAD 21, a first-ever conference especially for parents of kids with reactive attachment disorder.

In two-parent homes, where one parent stays at home and is the more primary caregiver, the other parent often sees a very different picture.

Most people have never heard of reactive attachment disorder. And those who have rarely understand it well. Educators are no exception.

Sometimes a child experiences such severe impacts of early trauma that they can’t accept the love of a family.

Raising a traumatized child is traumatizing, further compacted by the loss of friends and family.

We're thrilled to give you a sneak peek at our NavRAD 2021 conference workbook, a tool we'll use to guide parents through the thick of it.

While all kids with reactive attachment disorder need effective therapy, some find relief much faster with the help of the right medication.

Healthy kids often become a byproduct of their sibling’s reactive attachment disorder; they also become traumatized.

What people assume from the outside is often very different from the reality of living with reactive attachment disorder.

Despite what some people think, children don't simply outgrow the impact of trauma. It's not a phase, it's reactive attachment disorder.

I couldn't comprehend why clinicians didn't understand my daughter with reactive attachment disorder. But then one day it made sense.

Nothing fills me with dread and fear more than summer break. When I hear other moms looking forward to the lazy days of summer, fun...