5 Painful Yet Often Critical Pathways for Parents of Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder
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...
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Anonymous
- Aug 9
- 6 min
The Process of a Heart Breaking, by a Sister of a Brother with Reactive Attachment Disorder
Many people, including clinicians, do not understand that the whole family needs help for reactive attachment disorder. Here is one story.
1,960 views2 comments
Micaela Myers
- Jul 6
- 6 min
The Real Reasons Adoptions Fail from the Perspective of a Parent of a Failed Adoption
Why do adoptions fail and how we can improve outcomes? Let's start by turning to the people who know best.
3,405 views0 comments
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.
8,055 views3 comments
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.
1,798 views1 comment
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
- 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
- 5 min
What Reactive Attachment Disorder Looks Like Through the Eyes of a Dad
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.
4,326 views2 comments
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.
4,312 views1 comment
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.
4,021 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.
33,561 views1 comment
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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
- 4 min
How an adopted child's early trauma can separate the parents' relationship
It’s a common story: A couple decides to share their love for each other with an adopted child. Family and friends call them “saints” for...
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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
- 4 min
6 (kinder) new year resolutions for parents of a child with reactive attachment disorder
Many people start out the new year with optimism—they may look toward a healthier, more financially secure, or well-traveled year. But if...
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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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