Forrest Lien, LCSW, has spent more than four decades helping families affected by developmental trauma find stability and healing. From this interview, recorded at NavRAD, he reflects on how listening to parents has shaped his life’s work — and how collaboration between professionals and caregivers continues to change what’s possible for children with developmental trauma disorder.

Rachael and Monte Hawkins, who run a boarding school for girls, share how training from RAD Advocates reshaped their understanding of families.

Explore the emotional toll of parenting a child with reactive attachment disorder through powerful poems and reflections from real parents. This first post in the series reveals the heartbreak, endurance, and unseen strength of families living with developmental trauma.