How to Prepare for a Reactive Attachment Disorder Crisis
It's vital to prepare for a reactive attachment disorder crisis before it happens. Plan ahead to keep the whole family safe.
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Anonymous
Mar 279 min read
Reactive Attachment Disorder Therapy: What You Can Learn From Our Family's Unfortunate Trauma-Informed Experience
Discover the impact of therapy on kids with developmental trauma/reactive attachment disorder. Learn the critical differences in therapies.
2,617 views6 comments
Micaela Myers
Feb 65 min read
A New Equation for Parents: School + Developmental Trauma = Not That Critical
Discover how to navigate school challenges while parenting a child with developmental trauma disorder.
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Anonymous
Jan 910 min read
Why Feeling Bad for Kids with Reactive Attachment Disorder Doesn't Help Them
I often imagine what would’ve happened if we understood the reality of reactive attachment disorder with empathy rather than sympathy.
1,618 views2 comments
Micaela Myers
Dec 12, 20236 min read
A Story of Sad Lessons Learned From Parenting and Reactive Attachment Disorder in a Broken System
Learn about the painful journey of a couple parenting a child with reactive attachment disorder and how RAD Advocates works toward change.
1,188 views3 comments
Micaela Myers
Sep 11, 20234 min read
What to Say When People Wonder Why Your Kid with Reactive Attachment Disorder Lives Somewhere Else
It’s hard for outsiders to understand when an out-of-home placement may be the best option for a child with reactive attachment disorder.
2,146 views1 comment
Anonymous
Jul 5, 20238 min read
The Hard Reality of What Adoption and Reactive Attachment Disorder Looked Like For Us
The hard reality of adoption and reactive attachment disorder is that it doesn't always work out the way the world would like.
1,938 views3 comments
Micaela Myers
Apr 26, 20235 min read
The Sad and Uncomfortable Question I Ponder as a Once-Upon-a-Time Mom to a Child with RAD
The other day someone asked me if I had kids. I hesitated, unsure how to answer this otherwise simple question.
3,269 views8 comments
Anonymous
Feb 22, 20235 min read
What It Feels Like to be a Nurturing Enemy to a Child with Developmental Trauma (a.k.a. Reactive Attachment Disorder)
The nurturing enemy is a devastating dynamic for everyone involved. It hurts the child with the disorder and everyone in the family.
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Micaela Myers
Jan 10, 20239 min read
10 Things People Say About Reactive Attachment Disorder That Aren't True (and Hurt Families)
Reactive attachment disorder isn't usually what it seems to the outside world. And the assumptions around it hurt kids and families.
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Nichole Noonan
Dec 28, 20227 min read
The Story of a Mom who Protected Her Family From a Disguised and Tricky Disorder
Though the road to and through reactive attachment disorder was long and winding, Amy's perseverance led her family to safety.
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Micaela Myers
Nov 29, 20225 min read
Reactive Attachment Disorder Parenting Aftermath: How to Heal After Living With the Disorder
Reactive attachment disorder is a developmental trauma disorder that wreaks havoc upon the families dealing with it. Violence,...
2,568 views1 comment
Micaela Myers
Nov 11, 20227 min read
What Your Child's Reactive Attachment Disorder Becomes in Adulthood
When our children with reactive attachment disorder (RAD) – a developmental trauma disorder – grow up, RAD doesn’t magically disappear.
10,223 views5 comments
Nichole Noonan
Oct 18, 20228 min read
An Overview of the Navigating Reactive Attachment Disorder Experience for Those Who Couldn't Make It
Navigating Reactive Attachment Disorder 2024 (NavRAD24) was full of tears, hope, laughter, connection and guidance.
1,541 views1 comment
Nichole Noonan
Sep 23, 20225 min read
Reactive Attachment Disorder: How a Family Got to the Other Side From Despair to Hope
The Baxters had never heard of reactive attachment disorder. They certainly didn't have training for what to do about it. But they made it.
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Micaela Myers
Aug 16, 20226 min read
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...
3,859 views1 comment
Anonymous
Aug 9, 20226 min read
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.
4,787 views2 comments
Micaela Myers
Jun 23, 20225 min read
How Lying and Stealing from a Child with Reactive Attachment Disorder is Different from Another Kid
The lies that kids with RAD tell can be so obvious and illogical that parents begin to question their own reality, says Lien.
11,393 views1 comment
Micaela Myers
May 17, 20225 min read
3 Things This Mom Wishes She Knew Years Ago While Raising a Child with Reactive Attachment Disorder
Being the mother of a child with reactive attachment disorder was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Here's what I wish I knew at the start.
3,452 views0 comments
Nichole Noonan
Feb 23, 20226 min read
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.
4,176 views0 comments
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