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When Reactive Attachment Disorder Looks Like Something Else and the Medication Consequences

Sep 10
5 min

When Reactive Attachment Disorder Looks Like Something Else and the Medication Consequences

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

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Developmental Trauma: Living With the Reality That Love Was Not Enough

Kathleen Johnson

Aug 27
4 min

Developmental Trauma: Living With the Reality That Love Was Not Enough

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

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Education, Developmental Trauma and the Best Equation for Your Family

Allison Ellenwood

Aug 16
7 min

Education, Developmental Trauma and the Best Equation for Your Family

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

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5 Painful Yet Often Critical Pathways for Parents of Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder

Micaela Myers

Aug 16, 2022
6 min

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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The Process of a Heart Breaking, by a Sister of a Brother with Reactive Attachment Disorder

Anonymous

Aug 9, 2022
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.

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The Real Reasons Adoptions Fail from the Perspective of a Parent of a Failed Adoption

Micaela Myers

Jul 6, 2022
8 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.

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3 Lessons I Learned the Hard Way After Getting Arrested While Raising a Child with RAD

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.

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Reactive Attachment Disorder: The "Rare" Culprit That Stifles Traumatized Kids and Their Parents

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.

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Advocacy actions: How a mom/nurse made a RAD impact in her graduate program

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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Why we move our feet, hearts & hands for reactive attachment disorder advocacy (and how you can too)

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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A Harbor for Sinking Ships: A Mom’s Perspective on the Navigating Reactive Attachment Disorder Event

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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What Developmental Trauma/Reactive Attachment Disorder Looks Like Through the Eyes of These Dads

Micaela Myers

Aug 25, 2021
7 min

What Developmental Trauma/Reactive Attachment Disorder Looks Like Through the Eyes of These Dads

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.

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What PTSD Looks Like in Kids with Siblings with Reactive Attachment Disorder

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.

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What Reactive Attachment Disorder Really Looks Like Inside of the Home

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.

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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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How a Child's Early Trauma Can Separate Their Parents' Relationship

Carrie O'Toole

Feb 9, 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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The reality of reactive attachment disorder parenting: When (not if) CPS investigates

Amy VanTine

Feb 1, 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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Why Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder Feel Safer at Institutions Than at Home

Anonymous

Jan 27, 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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7 New Year's Resolutions You Actually Need to Put on Your List as a Parent of a Kid with RAD

Heather Houze

Jan 18, 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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When a parent needs to call the police on her child with reactive attachment disorder

Heather Houze

Jan 13, 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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