The cycle of trauma: When reactive attachment disorder in childhood grows up
Despite what some people think, children don't simply outgrow the impact of trauma. It's not a phase, it's reactive attachment disorder.
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Amy VanTine
- Jun 2, 2021
- 4 min
Our Story Behind the Navigating Reactive Attachment Disorder Experience
Attachment issues are far different from reactive attachment disorder. That's why RAD Advocates and the Navigating RAD experience began.
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Amy J. Brown
- May 26, 2021
- 5 min
The dreaded summer break: 7 ways to survive as a parent of a child with reactive attachment disorder
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...
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Micaela Myers
- May 12, 2021
- 5 min
How Reactive Attachment Disorder Impacts the Whole Family, Not Just the Child
Reactive attachment disorder touches everyone, not just the traumatized child. Everyone in the family needs support.
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Nichole Noonan
- May 4, 2021
- 2 min
RAD Advocates, from then to now: The full circle of raising kids with reactive attachment disorder
It all began with a mom, Googling. Amy VanTine desperately needed help for her adopted daughter with reactive attachment disorder (RAD)....
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- Mar 22, 2021
- 3 min
Drumroll, please….we have a new look!
As of today, RAD Advocates has a new logo and tagline with a website redesign on the way. While our look has changed, rest assured that...
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Allison Ellenwood
- Feb 9, 2021
- 4 min
A guide to navigating school with a child with reactive attachment disorder in the pandemic
“I hate you!” my daughter yells, throwing her school work on the floor and shoving her school-issued Chromebook across the kitchen table....
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Carrie O'Toole
- Feb 8, 2021
- 5 min
How a Child's Early Trauma Can Separate Their Parents' Relationship
Post updated in May of 2023 It’s a common story: A couple decides to share their love with a child. If the child enters the family...
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Amy VanTine
- Jan 31, 2021
- 5 min
The reality of reactive attachment disorder parenting: When (not if) CPS investigates
It’s not often a matter of if, but when. The reality of reactive attachment parenting is that child protective services (CPS) will...
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Anonymous
- Jan 26, 2021
- 4 min
Why Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder Feel Safer at Institutions Than at Home
I remember our first visit to see our child at a residential treatment center (RTC). We entered through the double set of locked doors...
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Heather Houze
- Jan 17, 2021
- 5 min
7 New Year's Resolutions You Actually Need to Put on Your List as a Parent of a Kid with RAD
In 2023, be the hero you deserve as you raise a child with reactive attachment disorder. But, as you do, be kind to that hero.
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Heather Houze
- Jan 12, 2021
- 7 min
When a parent needs to call the police on her child with reactive attachment disorder
“What do you want me to do for you?” the police officer said. I will never forget the perplexed look on the young officer’s face when I...
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Heather Houze
- Jan 5, 2021
- 2 min
The one thing my son needs most that I can't give him in any new year
The decorations are back in their boxes. Gifts exchanged. Another year behind us. But as other people look toward the future, I’m...
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Amy VanTine
- Dec 28, 2020
- 6 min
A woman's dreams of adoption and a fight for her family's safety
It seemed to happen in an instant. From the time the caseworker called to the time the boys arrived, Anna and Tom had one week to prepare...
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Amy J. Brown
- Dec 10, 2020
- 5 min
The Reality of Holidays with Reactive Attachment Disorder & How Parents Can Prepare Into 2024
The holidays are especially difficult for RAD families. Read this mom's tips for how to get through.
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Amy VanTine
- Dec 8, 2020
- 5 min
Why parenting a child with reactive attachment disorder requires far more than coffee with a friend
I’ve always known it’s a good idea to have a little time away from my kids. And it’s great to go on dates with my husband from time to...
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Stacey Hansen
- Dec 1, 2020
- 4 min
The pizza cutter mantra: How to give more calm than chaos to those raising a child with RAD
My mom and I have an inside joke—don’t touch the pizza cutter. Back when my adopted daughter with reactive attachment disorder (RAD)...
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Heather Houze
- Nov 24, 2020
- 6 min
6 tricky reactive attachment disorder symptoms one mom initially missed in her son
Reactive attachment disorder is tricky to recognize. The symptoms don't always line up with a doctor's prognosis or another child with RAD.
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Gina Heumann
- Nov 17, 2020
- 7 min
8 things you need to know before you adopt a child
Like any expectant parents, adoptive moms and dads worry that they don’t know enough. They wonder what they need to learn to take care of...
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Chris Prange-Morgan, MA, MSW
- Nov 10, 2020
- 5 min
How a Mom of a Child with Reactive Attachment Disorder Develops "Trauma Brain" Too
Here at RAD Advocates, we still talk about our "trauma brains" even years after raising kids with reactive attachment disorder. It's real.
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