As you are working with your child with RAD it is extremely important to take respite breaks along the way. Finding the proper respite provider can be a challenge though. The objective is to find a respite home that is willing to provide care for your child in the same ways that you are providing. This takes a a respite
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Children with reactive attachment disorder (RAD) typically needed to fend for themselves early on. Along the way, they developed coping skills to get their needs met or to simply stay alive. Out of necessity, they learned to control the world around them in order to feel safe. Children with RAD view parents as people not to be trusted. They learn
Many families live with children who have attachment disorder. Their problems can range from mild to extreme. On the mild end, families may experience mere irritation with their child. On the extreme end, the child may be running the family, controlling everyone, and making life unbearable for all. These parents have tried traditional parenting, to no avail. Nothing seems to
We all face difficulties when parenting our children. There’s the terrible’s and of course, let’s not forget those teenage years. But for the parent’s raising a child with attachment disorder or attachment issues the challenges can be enormous. Majority of children that are diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder are children that have been adopted. Typically these children suffered through trauma
Our journey started in June. A guest speaker came to our church to talk about the way adoption portrays the gospel in a tangible real way. I listened with tears in my eyes and prayed, “Lord, please work in our family so that we might share the gospel by adopting someone into our house.” The following January, we had a
The experience of extreme neglect, abuse or abandonment can lead to the development of severe emotional, psychological and neurobiological impairment in infants and young children. Without consistent professional treatment and placement into a loving, caring environment, children who have been victims of severe neglect and abuse may grow into adults who are incapable of age-appropriate functioning. Learn how early childhood
Welcome to RadConnection.
Our Goal is to bring healing to families struggling with children having attachment issues.
We believe that proper professional help and training, along with communication and connection with other families that experience similar situations can make a huge impact.
Deborah Bobbitt Harris has been working in the field of attachment for over 20 years. She has provided services to well over 350 families throughout the United States.