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Reactive Attachment Disorder: What It Does to a Parent's Mind, Body and Soul
Although reactive attachment disorder impacts the entire family, moms (or sometimes dads) often get the brunt of it.
Micaela Myers
Jan 145 min read
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Surviving the Holidays When Parenting a Child with Reactive Attachment Disorder
Surviving the holidays with a child with reactive attachment disorder? Here are tips from RAD Advocates to navigate the chaos.
Anonymous
Oct 18, 20246 min read
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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.
Micaela Myers
Sep 10, 20245 min read
8,986 views
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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.
Kathleen Johnson
Aug 27, 20244 min read
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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.
Allison Ellenwood
Aug 16, 20247 min read
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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.
Micaela Myers
Nov 16, 20214 min read
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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?
Micaela Myers
Oct 20, 20214 min read
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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.
Nichole Noonan
Oct 20, 20212 min read
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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.
Micaela Myers
Sep 1, 20213 min read
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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.
Micaela Myers
Aug 25, 20217 min read
5,997 views
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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.
Monica Badgley
Jun 22, 20215 min read
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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.
Nichole Noonan
Jun 16, 20214 min read
38,575 views
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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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Mar 22, 20213 min read
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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...
Carrie O'Toole
Feb 9, 20215 min read
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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...
Amy VanTine
Feb 1, 20215 min read
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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...
Anonymous
Jan 27, 20214 min read
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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
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.
Heather Houze
Jan 18, 20215 min read
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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...
Heather Houze
Jan 13, 20217 min read
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The one thing my son needs most that I can't give him in any new year
The decorations are back in their boxes. Gifts exchanged. Another year behind us. But as other people look toward the future, I’m...
Heather Houze
Jan 6, 20212 min read
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A woman's dreams of adoption and a fight for her family's safety
It seemed to happen in an instant. From the time the caseworker called to the time the boys arrived, Anna and Tom had one week to prepare...
Amy VanTine
Dec 29, 20206 min read
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