RAD Reflections

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.

Many of our kids have post-traumatic stress disorder. We often develop it too from trauma reactive attachment disorder causes in our lives.

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...

Many people, including clinicians, do not understand that the whole family needs help for reactive attachment disorder. Here is one story.

Why do adoptions fail and how we can improve outcomes? Let's start by turning to the people who know best.

The lies that kids with RAD tell can be so obvious and illogical that parents begin to question their own reality, says Lien.

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.

Maybe you've never heard the true stories of what can happen after childhood trauma. It's time to educate and change the narrative.

Reactive attachment disorder differs for each child and family depending on its severity. And so should treatment.

There's no straight-forward reactive attachment disorder treatment to heal the wounds of early trauma. Learn from other families' trials.

Just like parents can't love away cancer, they can't erase reactive attachment disorder with a "good home". Yet, that is the expectation.

Reactive attachment disorder notoriously strains relationships due to its confusing nature. This RAD mom struggled with her own mom.

Join us for NavRAD22 in Georgia this October for a unique conference created just for those raising kids with reactive attachment disorder.

RAD is complicated and difficult to treat—especially the more severe cases. Success is not cut and dried, and it’s not one size-fits-all.

Most people don't realize how one person's childhood trauma can impact everyone around them.

When we work together, we can create a paradigm shift surrounding reactive attachment disorder. Become a RAD advocate, wherever you are.

How did my dream of helping kids in foster care end with my husband and I being arrested? Here's our story.

Sateash understands that parents can’t fix reactive attachment disorder—a serious brain disorder caused from childhood trauma—with love.

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...