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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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10 Powerful Ways to Defy Defiance

February 24, 2010

Defiance is a major issue for children suffering from Reactive Attachment Disorder. We all have the privilege of dealing with defiance and often are frustrated about what to do. Here are 10 ten actions you can try. Loving eyes – Always always always loving eyes. Calm assertive voice – Keeping your voice calm and assertive [...]

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Assumptions

February 19, 2010

Kids with Reactive Attachment Disorder can be incredibly mischievous, to put it mildly. Classicly, kids with RAD are sneaky, they steal, they lye, and so on. The list of unpleasant and unacceptable behaviors is long. It is very easy to assume that if something is missing, broken or out of order that our RADish is [...]

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