RAD Reflections

Discover how parenting a child with reactive attachment disorder can lead to post-traumatic stress in caregivers and siblings — an often overlooked consequence of childhood trauma.

Surviving the holidays with a child with reactive attachment disorder? Here are tips from RAD Advocates to navigate the chaos.

Discover how reactive attachment disorder can be misdiagnosed and the consequences of wrong medication. Learn from a renowned psychiatrist.

Living with developmental trauma is a heart-wrenching reality. Read one family's journey of love, struggle, and advocating for families.

Navigating education with a child dealing with developmental trauma can be tough. Explore various academic options and find what works best.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

It’s not often a matter of if, but when. The reality of reactive attachment parenting is that child protective services (CPS) will...

I remember our first visit to see our child at a residential treatment center (RTC). We entered through the double set of locked doors...