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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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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Micaela Myers
- Apr 4, 2022
- 11 min
What Reactive Attachment Disorder Looks Like Across the Spectrum in Real Families
Reactive attachment disorder differs for each child and family depending on its severity. And so should treatment.
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Nichole Noonan
- Jan 12, 2022
- 4 min
How a Stranger's Early Childhood Experiences Can Impact Your Life (and what you can do about it)
Most people don't realize how one person's childhood trauma can impact everyone around them.
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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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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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Micaela Myers
- Nov 2, 2021
- 4 min
Why a parent of a child with reactive attachment disorder is one of the loneliest kind of caregiver
Children with reactive attachment disorder have special needs. But others don't see it. So parents are left alone to create their "village".
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Micaela Myers
- Oct 20, 2021
- 4 min
How the System Fails Kids and Families Tackling the Impact of Early Trauma
At some point in our journey, most of us parenting a child with reactive attachment disorder lack support. How did the system fail us?
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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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Micaela Myers
- Sep 28, 2021
- 3 min
What reactive attachment disorder does to a mom's mind, body and soul
Although reactive attachment disorder impacts the entire family, moms (or sometimes dads) often get the brunt of it.
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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.
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Micaela Myers
- Aug 9, 2021
- 3 min
The best approach to educate your child's educators about reactive attachment disorder
Most people have never heard of reactive attachment disorder. And those who have rarely understand it well. Educators are no exception.
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Carrie O'Toole
- Jul 21, 2021
- 4 min
The Added Trauma of Raising a Traumatized Child: When Everyone Turns Against You
Raising a traumatized child is traumatizing, further compacted by the loss of friends and family.
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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.
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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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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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Micaela Myers
- Jun 8, 2021
- 3 min
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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- 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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