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We have created a library of practical guides and infographics to help caregivers, educators, clinicians, and professionals better understand and navigate reactive attachment disorder. These resources are free to access — just sign up with your email to get started.

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RAD Advocates infographic showing how reactive attachment disorder affects each member of a family

What's in the Library

  • How RAD Impacts a Family

    A one-page picture of what the disorder does to each person in the house — the child, both caregivers, the siblings, even the pets. The one to hand someone who thinks it is only about the child.

  • 4 Steps to Take During a Crisis

    What to do, and what to have ready beforehand, if your child poses a danger to themselves or someone else.

  • Responding to an Unfounded CPS Investigation

    Practical steps for staying calm, credible and professional when a caseworker questions your parenting.

  • RAD Clinician Checklist

    Eight qualities to look for in a therapist, and the red flags that say you have the wrong one.

  • An Educator's Guide to Reactive Attachment Disorder

    For teachers and school staff: what RAD is, why traditional classroom management does not work, and what does.

  • An Educator's Guide to Students with Traumatic Backgrounds

    The broader classroom picture — what trauma does to a developing brain and what you may notice in a student.

  • How to Give Respite Care for a Child with RAD

    For the grandparent, friend or respite worker stepping in: how to keep the child safe without undermining the family.

  • Bipolar Disorder and RAD: New Findings in Diagnosis

    Dr John F. Alston on why attention deficit disorder is over-diagnosed in this population, and what he found instead.

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