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Control Issues in Children with R.A.D.
When thinking about the needs of children diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), several things came to my mind. Almost all children with RAD have a need to control some part of their lives. Even as infants, children learn how to control their parents. They cry for food or when discomfortable with a wet diaper. […]
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Adoption Challenge!
I challenge anyone reading this post to consider adopting an older child with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) behaviors and issues. You just may save a life and enhance your own. Here’s a link to request information on adoption. radteenadopting@wiaa.org. ADOPTION is a wonderful way to change your lives. Oh yes, I’ve heard it all. Adoptions […]
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Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) – A Misunderstood Diagnosis
Are you an adoptive parent of a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)? If not, do you know a family that has one? You just might, but not be aware of what the parents are living through. Why is it so hard to believe an adoptive family is having difficulties with their adopted child? One […]
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Older R.A.D. Adoptions vs an Ugly Word
Older RAD adoptions vs an ugly word (re-homing) There are few things that can set me off, but the illegal practice of placing a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) in a stranger’s home without legal protections in place for the child, is a major one. Even the term that is used for this practice, […]
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When Is It too Late to Get Help for a Child with RAD?
When I was younger, I always wondered why adoption had an “Are you sure you want to do this?” question attached to it. When high school kids were in trouble, why would someone assume they were adopted? A remark that has always stuck with me was made by reporters who were reporting on the Columbine […]
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What Is a Mom’s Experience with a RAD Child?
A Day in the Life of a Parent of a Child with RAD Mothers of children with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) have totally different experiences than mothers of attached children. People with no experience with RAD often think the mothers of children with RAD are just exaggerating their parenting problems. I totally understand what other […]
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How Would I know if my Child Could Have RAD?
Have you ever wondered how therapists diagnose Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)? Have you asked yourself, “Why does it take so long to get that diagnosis?” It’s amazing, but there aren’t many physicians or therapists that really understand RAD. They often diagnose a child by their behaviors. The first diagnosis is usually ADHD. What helps kids […]
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What Happens When Adoptive Parents’ Love Is Not Enough?
Parents go into adding to their families by adoption for many reasons. Those reasons may include: they like kids, they are unable to have children or they want to give a child a better life. Most families go into adoption feeling they have a lot of love to share with children. It can be a […]
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Really Non-Traditional Adoptive Parents!
NON-TRADITIONAL ADOPTIVE PARENTS – Section 2 Who are non-traditional adoptive parents? For one thing I’m one, a single never-married adoptive parent. In this post, I’ll be discussing what constitutes non-traditional adoptive parent(s) There are always going to be someone who thinks that non-traditional people shouldn’t adopt. The comments I’ve heard over the years have disgusted […]
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Non-Traditional Adoptive Parents – Section 1
Years ago, I watched a PBS program about new books and the authors. I can still remember that day so vividly. The weather was cloudy and I was bored with the basketball games running on the regular TV stations. It was a Saturday in the middle of January. The author of the book They Came […]