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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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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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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Micaela Myers
- Mar 14, 2022
- 6 min
Reactive Attachment Disorder Treatment: The Paths That Do and Don't Work for (and from) Families
There's no straight-forward reactive attachment disorder treatment to heal the wounds of early trauma. Learn from other families' trials.
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Nichole Noonan
- Feb 23, 2022
- 6 min
The World Might Be a Better Place If We Supported Parents of Kids with Reactive Attachment Disorder
Just like parents can't love away cancer, they can't erase reactive attachment disorder with a "good home". Yet, that is the expectation.
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Micaela Myers
- Feb 14, 2022
- 5 min
Reactive Attachment Disorder: All the Things a Grandma Might Not See That Her Daughter Does
Reactive attachment disorder notoriously strains relationships due to its confusing nature. This RAD mom struggled with her own mom.
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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 impacted by early trauma find ourselves in over our heads. Where is the help?
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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
- 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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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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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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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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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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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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