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See What RAD Really Looks Like

Sometimes the most powerful thing is hearing from someone with real experience. Our video library includes stories from those parenting a child with RAD, insights from our founders and advocates, and additional resources we have found valuable along the way. Whether you are new to reactive attachment disorder or have been navigating it for years, there is something here for you.

Reactive Attachment Disorder: Two Daughters, Two Very Different Paths

August 31, 2026

Daphne* adopted two sisters through the child welfare system, both carrying early trauma, both needing very different things. In this interview, she shares what it actually took to get her daughter access to the safety and structured care she needed, years of asking a system for help and getting nothing, a false allegation, threats of neglect charges, and finally learning to say one plain, repeated thing until someone listened: "We cannot keep her safe."
Reactive Attachment Disorder: A Foster Mom on Custody, Violence, and Being Blamed by the System

August 31, 2026

Dawn and her husband became emergency foster parents, and what started as a 90-day placement became permanent legal custody of a little girl whose tribe wouldn't allow her parental rights to be terminated. What they didn't know yet was that their daughter would later be diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder, and that the violence, the denial, and the blame that followed would push their whole family to the brink.
They Adopted a Child With Reactive Attachment Disorder — Then Built the Tools That Help Others

June 16, 2026

When Misty and Jeff adopted a 6-year-old boy from foster care, they were ready to do the work. What they weren't prepared for was years of escalating behaviors, a system that offered no real answers, and a disorder — reactive attachment disorder (RAD) — that no one mentioned until their son was a teenager.
From Expert to RAD Parent: What Lauren Learned When She Didn't See It Coming

April 9, 2026

Lauren Henderson has a master's degree in psychology, works as a family and parent coach, and was a Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) practitioner before she became an adoptive parent. She knew about reactive attachment disorder. She just didn't know her daughter had it — at first.
"She Finished Our Sentences" — A RAD Dad's Honest Review of RAD Advocates | Filmed at NavRAD

March 10, 2026

If you're parenting a child with reactive attachment disorder and feel like no one understands what you're going through, this is for you. Filmed at NavRAD, Rich opens up about the isolation, the exhaustion, and the moment everything shifted — including what weekly coaching with RAD Advocates actually looked like for his family.
The One Word Change That Got Us Help: RAD Rages Explained

March 3, 2026

After years of calling her son's rages "tantrums," a social worker gave Keri Williams life-changing advice. She said: "You have to stop calling these tantrums. These are rages. And you'll get more help if you use the word rage."
Haitian Adoption, Developmental Trauma, and a System That Failed Us

January 6, 2026

Parenting a child with reactive attachment disorder (RAD) or developmental trauma disorder can push families into situations most people never see — and systems that often misunderstand them.
The Pain You Don’t See: Parenting Through Reactive Attachment Disorder

November 14, 2025

Parenting reactive attachment disorder is a battle most people never see — and too often, families face it with judgment instead of support. In this powerful interview, Cherie shares why parenting developmental trauma brought more fear, isolation, and emotional pain than surviving aggressive cancer.
Forrest Lien, LCSW, on Reactive Attachment Disorder — Listening to Parents, Building Real Help

November 5, 2025

Clinician Forrest Lien, LCSW, reflects on four decades working with children and families affected by developmental trauma. In this interview, he explains why traditional behavior-mod approaches fall short, how listening to parents changes the work, and what real, family-centered support can look like — in the therapy room and at home.
Living with Reactive Attachment Disorder: A Doctor’s Journey from Parent to Advocate

January 10, 2025

Dr. Madrid had never encountered reactive attachment disorder during his medical training. It wasn’t until he and his wife Whanda faced the disorder as parents that they learned about it and began to grasp its complexity. They donate to RAD Advocates to create awareness and training with the hopes that other families don't need to experience what they have.
Turning Pain into Purpose: Why This Mom Donates to RAD Advocates

December 19, 2024

Whanda found RAD Advocates through a random search on Instagram about reactive attachment disorder (RAD).
Behind the Scenes of Developmental Trauma Parenting: The Nurturing Enemy

September 18, 2024

The term nurturing enemy is originally attributed to Nancy Verrier from her book The Primal Wound. Verrier refers to the nurturing enemy as the primary caregiver of a child with complex developmental trauma, otherwise known as reactive attachment disorder (RAD). These are children who experienced trauma during critical stages of early development and struggle with the impacts left on the brain. Although often the mother figure, any primary caregiver can become the nurturing enemy.
NavRAD: A Speaker Perspective from Tara and Scott

March 28, 2024

NavRAD is an experience unlike any other available for those parenting children with developmental trauma disorder (currently diagnosed as reactive attachment disorder or RAD). It's a chance to connect with other parents who also feel incredibly alone. And it provides parents a guided opportunity to create a path forward through the confusing and highly misunderstood disorder that's unique to their wishes and situation. Many also bring friends and family to learn about the disorder and ways to support them.
NavRAD, On Location: CEO Amy VanTine & COO Heather Houze

March 15, 2024

NavRAD is an experience unlike any other available for those parenting children with developmental trauma disorder (currently diagnosed as reactive attachment disorder or RAD). It's a chance to connect with other parents who also feel incredibly alone. And it provides parents a guided opportunity to create a path forward through the confusing and highly misunderstood disorder that's unique to their wishes and situation. Many also bring friends and family to learn about the disorder and ways to support them.
NavRAD: A Parent's Perspective from Kym and Christa

March 13, 2024

NavRAD is an experience unlike any other available for those parenting children with developmental trauma disorder (currently diagnosed as reactive attachment disorder or RAD). It's a chance to connect with other parents who also feel incredibly alone. And it provides parents a guided opportunity to create a path forward through the confusing and highly misunderstood disorder that's unique to their wishes and situation. Many also bring friends and family to learn about the disorder and ways to support them.
NavRAD: You have to experience it to understand.

March 8, 2024

NavRAD is an experience unlike any other available for those parenting children with developmental trauma disorder (currently diagnosed as reactive attachment disorder or RAD). It's a chance to connect with other parents who also feel incredibly alone. And it provides parents a guided opportunity to create a path forward through the confusing and highly misunderstood disorder that's unique to their wishes and situation. Many also bring friends and family to learn about the disorder and ways to support them.
NavRAD: A Parent's Perspective from Stacey

February 29, 2024

NavRAD is an experience unlike any other available for those parenting children with developmental trauma disorder (currently diagnosed as reactive attachment disorder or RAD). It's a chance to connect with other parents who also feel incredibly alone. And it provides parents a guided opportunity to create a path forward through the confusing and highly misunderstood disorder that's unique to their wishes and situation. Many also bring friends and family to learn about the disorder and ways to support them.
The NavRAD Experience, a Parent Perspective from Jesse and Jessica

February 6, 2024

NavRAD is an experience unlike any other available for those parenting children with developmental trauma disorder (currently diagnosed as reactive attachment disorder or RAD). It's a chance to connect with other parents who also feel incredibly alone. And it provides parents a guided opportunity to create a path forward through the confusing and highly misunderstood disorder that's unique to their wishes and situation. Many also bring friends and family to learn about the disorder and ways to support them.
A Chat with RAD Advocates Amy & Heather, Behind-the-Scenes of the Grassroots Organization

November 29, 2023

RAD Advocates COO Heather Houze and CEO Amy VanTine talk about how RAD Advocates began, how it's going and what makes them keep moving forward on behalf of families parenting children with reactive attachment disorder.
Don't miss the Navigating Reactive Attachment Disorder Experience.

October 17, 2023

Don't miss the next annual plan-building and connection-making guided experience for those raising kids with reactive attachment disorder.
A Chat with Ryan, Part II: How the Education Gap Hurts RAD families

March 2, 2023

Ryan Brunner, psychology professor and RAD parent, understands the RAD education gap firsthand. He explains how the lack of exposure regarding reactive attachment disorder in higher education ultimately damages families.
A Chat with Ryan: His Way to Educate Professionals About RAD

March 2, 2023

Ryan Brunner, psychology professor and parent of a child with reactive attachment disorder (RAD), chats about his work on the education committee with RAD Advocates. He discusses how the lack of information about RAD in higher education impacts families raising children with RAD and ways he's helping make change.
A Chat with Ryan, Part IV: Why Support RAD Advocates?

March 2, 2023

It can feel impossible to make a difference in the way people understand reactive attachment disorder. Ryan Brunner, RAD Advocates volunteer and parent, chats about why he supports RAD Advocates.
A Chat with Ryan, Part III: The Isolation of RAD Parenting

March 2, 2023

Ryan, RAD Advocates volunteer and parent, chats about the isolation of RAD parenting and the critical need for support. @radadvocates4014