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Anonymous
- Dec 15, 2021
- 8 min
3 Lessons I Learned the Hard Way After Getting Arrested While Raising a Child with RAD
How did my dream of helping kids in foster care end with my husband and I being arrested? Here's our story.
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Nichole Noonan
- Nov 29, 2021
- 4 min
How a woman built her own village for families of kids with reactive attachment disorder
Sateash understands that parents can’t fix reactive attachment disorder—a serious brain disorder caused from childhood trauma—with love.
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Micaela Myers
- Nov 16, 2021
- 4 min
Reactive Attachment Disorder: The "Rare" Culprit That Stifles Traumatized Kids and Their Parents
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.
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Nichole Noonan
- Nov 9, 2021
- 3 min
Advocacy actions: How parents and professionals are changing reactive attachment disorder treatment
Sunnybrook Children's Home staff members learn about the complex dynamics of reactive attachment during a virtual training by the...
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Micaela Myers
- Nov 2, 2021
- 4 min
Why a parent of a child with reactive attachment disorder is one of the loneliest kind of caregiver
Children with reactive attachment disorder have special needs. But others don't see it. So parents are left alone to create their "village".
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Micaela Myers
- Oct 20, 2021
- 4 min
How the System Fails Kids and Families Tackling the Impact of Early Trauma
At some point in our journey, most of us parenting a child with reactive attachment disorder lack support. How did the system fail us?
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Nichole Noonan
- Oct 20, 2021
- 2 min
Advocacy actions: How a mom/nurse made a RAD impact in her graduate program
Every action creates impact. Every parent, professional and person can be a reactive attachment disorder advocate. Here's what one mom did.
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Nichole Noonan
- Oct 13, 2021
- 4 min
Why reactive attachment disorder parenting is so hard and how this mom is finding her way
Raising a child with reactive attachment disorder is incredibly difficult. But Susan Green is paving her own way, for herself and others.
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Micaela Myers
- Sep 28, 2021
- 3 min
What Reactive Attachment Disorder Does to a Mom's Mind, Body and Soul
Although reactive attachment disorder impacts the entire family, moms (or sometimes dads) often get the brunt of it.
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Nichole Noonan
- Sep 21, 2021
- 3 min
Why we move our feet, hearts & hands for reactive attachment disorder advocacy (and how you can too)
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.
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Micaela Myers
- Sep 1, 2021
- 3 min
A Harbor for Sinking Ships: A Mom’s Perspective on the Navigating Reactive Attachment Disorder Event
A mom-perspective of Navigating RAD 21, a first-ever conference especially for parents of kids with reactive attachment disorder.
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Micaela Myers
- Aug 25, 2021
- 7 min
What Reactive Attachment Disorder Looks Like Through the Eyes of These Dads
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.
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Micaela Myers
- Aug 9, 2021
- 3 min
Reactive Attachment Disorder: The Best Approach to Educate Your Child's Educator
Most people have never heard of reactive attachment disorder. And those who have rarely understand it well. Educators are no exception.
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Heather Houze
- Jul 28, 2021
- 5 min
Reactive Attachment Disorder Parenting: The Toughest Reality a Parent Can Face
Sometimes a child experiences such severe impacts of early trauma that they can’t accept the love of a family.
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Carrie O'Toole
- Jul 21, 2021
- 4 min
The Added Trauma of Raising a Traumatized Child: When Everyone Turns Against You
Raising a traumatized child is traumatizing, further compacted by the loss of friends and family.
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Nichole Noonan
- Jul 13, 2021
- 3 min
Your Reactive Attachment Disorder Parenting Roadmap is ready. All we need is you.
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.
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Micaela Myers
- Jun 29, 2021
- 5 min
When reactive attachment disorder looks like something else and the medication consequences
While all kids with reactive attachment disorder need effective therapy, some find relief much faster with the help of the right medication.
6,301 views2 comments
Monica Badgley
- Jun 22, 2021
- 5 min
What PTSD Looks Like in Kids with Siblings with Reactive Attachment Disorder
Healthy kids often become a byproduct of their sibling’s reactive attachment disorder; they also become traumatized.
5,333 views1 comment
Nichole Noonan
- Jun 16, 2021
- 4 min
What Reactive Attachment Disorder Really Looks Like Inside of the Home
What people assume from the outside is often very different from the reality of living with reactive attachment disorder.
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