RAD Reflections

RAD Advocates began as a group of three moms of children with reactive attachment disorder at a coffee shop. Take a step into their journey.

I choose to be grateful for gifts that were delivered along the journey of parenting a child with reactive attachment disorder.

Not all children with reactive attachment disorder pose physical or emotional harm to others. The further their disorder lies across the spe

Discover the crucial questions parents of kids with developmental trauma must ask. Uncover signs, seek early diagnosis, and find treatment.

It’s hard for outsiders to understand when an out-of-home placement may be the best option for a child with reactive attachment disorder.

If you’re in the thick of raising a child with reactive attachment disorder, then maybe some of our regrets can become resources for you.

The nature of childhood trauma and reactive attachment disorder forced us to have high structure for the safety of everyone in the home.

The hard reality of adoption and reactive attachment disorder is that it doesn't always work out the way the world would like.

The other day someone asked me if I had kids. I hesitated, unsure how to answer this otherwise simple question.

For better and worse, I am not who I was at the start of our reactive attachment disorder journey. Here's what I learned raising my child.

The most shocking part about the book but, he spit in my coffee is that it's true. In the reads-like-fiction memoir, author Keri Williams li

Why can't parents find help for kids with reactive attachment disorder? It comes down its definition and symptoms and higher education gaps.

The nurturing enemy is a devastating dynamic for everyone involved. It hurts the child with the disorder and everyone in the family.

Reactive attachment disorder is not easily treatable. Many parents grasp at straws to find what works. Maybe it's an alternative treatment?

Reactive attachment disorder isn't usually what it seems to the outside world. And the assumptions around it hurt kids and families.

Though the road to and through reactive attachment disorder was long and winding, Amy's perseverance led her family to safety.

Reactive attachment disorder is a developmental trauma disorder that wreaks havoc upon the families dealing with it. Violence,...

When our children with reactive attachment disorder (RAD) – a developmental trauma disorder – grow up, RAD doesn’t magically disappear.

At one point or another, most kids with reactive attachment disorder end up in residential treatment. Here's how to communicate with staff.

Navigating Reactive Attachment Disorder 2024 (NavRAD24) was full of tears, hope, laughter, connection and guidance.