From the monthly archives:

April 2010

Unattended Extreme Crying and Reactive Attachment Disorder

April 28, 2010

A few short weeks ago a young adopted boy was shipped back to Russia by his adoptive mother. The mother claimed that the boy was violent and destructive and that she could not handle the situation. She claimed, also, that she was deceived by Russian authorities when she was informed that the boy was in [...]

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Crying Babies at Risk of Brain Damage

April 23, 2010

This is so important that I simply had to publish it here right away. This is precisely one of the principal causes of Reactive Attachment Disorder. Crying babies at risk of brain damage LONDON – Distressed babies who are left to cry are at greater risk of developing problems later in life, a childcare expert [...]

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Respite Providers Wanted

April 23, 2010

Parents of children with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) want you! We absolutely need respite providers. Yesterday I was taking care of a young girl with rather serious RAD and thinking about the irony that here I was providing respite care and we have no one to help us with our daughter! The fact is that [...]

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Adopted Child with RAD Shipped Back to Russia

April 12, 2010

Last week an unheard of horrific event occurred. According to the CNN report seven year old Artyom Savelyev, almost certainly afflicted with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) was placed on an airplane by his adoptive grandmother and shipped backed to Russia. It was just last September when Torry Ann Hansen adopted Artyom. Because of his “violent” [...]

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Kids with Reactive Attachment Disorder Love to Argue: A Powerful Way to Put a Stop to It

April 2, 2010

One of the endearing behaviors of children with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is their love of argument. Oh, those kids will argue about anything. If you tell them to take out the trash, they will give you every reason you can imagine plus some more about why they should not do it. If you tell [...]

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