Why I Am Here

Raising a Challenging Child, a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), can be extremely difficult and, obviously, challenging. All too often parents don’t know what they are facing when their child shows the signs and symptoms of RAD. In all too many cases those parents do not know where to turn for help. They know something is wrong. Their child is not behaving like a “normal” child and they do not know why. They may consult with a therapist and if the therapist is not familiar with RAD, far too frequently, the therapist may make an incorrect diagnosis, provide the wrong treatment, and prescribe ineffective medication, all of which may make matters worse for their child.

That is why I am here. I am here to help those parents. I am a trained Life Coach and a Certified Advanced Parenting Instructor/Trainer/Coach. Nancy Thomas has been a therapeutic parent and trainer for more than thirty years. She has adopted and fostered some of the toughest Challenging Children you can imagine. Under her care most of those kids have healed and thrive as adults. Nancy has trained thousands of parents. The demand for her services far outweighs her capacity to work with parents and children. To get parents the help they need, she has trained and certified Advanced Parenting Instructors/Trainers/Coaches such as myself.

Here is what I do to help parents and others who are around Challenging Children:

• I provide coaching and training to couples or individual parents who want to develop or add to their Advanced Parenting skills. For more information about my coaching, go here.
• I teach an eight week series of classes to preparer parents to be Advanced Parents which kids with RAD desperately need. The classes can be delivered as an old fashioned class or as a webinar on line. I can present the series to groups (preferred) or to individuals. To learn more about my classes, go here.
• I offer pre-adoption counseling to people considering adoption or are in the process of adopting to prepare them to adopt a child at risk for RAD (such as an older child or a child known to have been neglected or abused). This counseling may be done together or on the phone. To learn more about pre-adoption counseling, go here.
• I provide respite care to parents living in Northern California or passing through. You can see more about respite care here.
• I present workshops and trainings to professionals, such as therapists, social workers, teachers, child care providers, and others who might work with Challenging Children. This can be done in the old fashioned face to face manner or as a webinar or teleseminar. For more information about these services, go here.
• I maintain this blog where I offer tips to parents and my thoughts about RAD.

If you wish to utilize any of my services, please do not hesitate to contact me to learn more. There is absolutely no obligation. If you are interested in my coaching services, I would be more than delighted to offer you a complimentary coaching session. Just as important, all of us need to be on the lookout for the vast number of parents who are floundering with their Challenging Children and get them help. If you know of anyone like that, please steer them my way so they can check me out and what I do.

What help have you found to assist you in parenting your Challenging Child? What additional help would be useful? Please let us know in the comments section below.

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