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Nurturing

Five Important Questions to Help Your Challenging Child Process Feelings

June 14, 2010

When your Challenging Child has had some kind of outburst, it is important to take time together to process the feelings and reconnect. To do that, it is a good idea to sit together on a sofa or big enough easy chair where you can be close. It is ideal to bring your child onto [...]

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Dealing with Your Interrupting RAD Child

March 11, 2010

My RAD child has recently has enjoyed asking me interrupting knock knock jokes. I am sure you know them: “Knock, knock.” “Who’s there?” “Interrupting cow.” “Interrupting cow  . . .  “Moo, moo, moo.” RAD children love to interrupt adults in conversation. They annoy the heck out of us when they do and we tell them [...]

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*PIZZAZZ* for RAD Kids

February 16, 2010

*Pizzazz*. I love *pizzazz*. RAD kids make many mistakes – they misbehave, steal, lie, and so on. They seemingly do anything they can to earn consequences. (Please avoid punishment; they had more than enough of that before they came to you.) When they do something correctly and the way we want it, when they do [...]

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Jumping Jacks!

January 29, 2010

Good old fashioned jumping jacks are excellent exercises for our challenging children. And it all gets back to the brain. When a challenging child gets stuck in all those charming ways that challenging children have – argumentative, defiance, tantrums, and so on – you can bet that something has triggered that fight or flight response. [...]

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RAD and the Brain

January 29, 2010

To understand our kids with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) it is more than helpful to know something about the brain. The more you learn about the brain, the more you will understand your RAD child’s behavior. Here is a brief introduction to the subject. According to Bruce Perry, MD, child psychiatrist and neuroscientist who works [...]

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