Reactive Attachment Disorder

Adopting or fostering a child with reactive attachment disorder (RAD) is beyond challenging. These kids often have violent outbursts, engage in outlandish lying, steal, play with feces, and hoard food. They are broken children who too often break even the most loving of caregivers. Many parents of these children feel utterly isolated as family, friends, and professionals minimize the struggles. Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) - The Essential Guide for Parents comes from a parent who's in the trenches with you. Keri has lived the journey of raising a son with RAD and has navigated the mental health system for over a decade. This is the resource you've been waiting for - you won't find platitudes or false hopes. What you will find is critical information, practical suggestions, and resource recommendations that will provide a way forward.If you desperately need help to navigate the difficult RAD journey with your child, this book is it.

A child’s close bond with mother, father, or guardian usually provides a foundation for trust in all future attachments. Children deprived of early and healthy dependency—who do not form normal attachment with their caregivers—may later suffer from Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). This childhood disorder is characterized by a general failure in social relationships resulting from pathogenic care. Although first included in the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-III) in 1980, RAD is one of the more uncommon and understudied forms of psychopathology. Reactive Attachment Disorder: A Case-Based Approach adds to a now growing research base, providing scholars and clinicians with a well-rounded analysis of RAD and suggested treatments. The case-based approach used in this Brief follows the representative case of “Jorge,” presented as unfolding over time and structured to illustrate challenges of diagnosis, to show examples of co-morbidity, and to provoke reflection on what questions may arise during treatment. Readers are asked to appraise the overlap with other clinical syndromes, the forms of psychotherapy which may apply, and the potential role of psychiatric medications as part of a comprehensive treatment plan.

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Therapeutic parenting is a deeply nurturing parenting style, and is especially effective for children with attachment difficulties, or who experienced childhood trauma. This book provides everything you need to know in order to be able to effectively therapeutically parent. Providing a model of intervention, The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting gives parents or caregivers an easy to follow process to use when responding to issues with their children. The following A-Z covers 60 common problems parents face, from acting aggressively to difficulties with sleep, with advice on what might trigger these issues, and how to respond. Easy to navigate and written in a straightforward style, this book is a 'must have' for all therapeutic parents.

“Traster’s memoir is simultaneously unnerving and inspirational. The adoption world—and everyone surrounding it (meaning everyone)—needs to better understand the realities that affect so many children being adopted from orphanages today.” —Adam Pertman, president, The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, and author of Adoption Nation In this starkly honest memoir, award-winning journalist Tina Traster tells her moving Russian-adoption story, from dealing with the bleak landscape and inscrutable adoption handlers in Siberia, to her feelings of ambivalence at being a new mother in her forties, to her growing realization over months then years that something was “not quite right” with her daughter, Julia. Traster describes her despair as she blamed her mothering skills for her daughter’s troublesome behavioral issues, until she came to understand that Julia suffered from reactive attachment disorder, a condition associated with infants and young children who have been neglected, abused, or orphaned. She describes how with commitment and acceptance, she and her husband have closed the gulf between them and their daughter to form a loving bond, and provides practical advice for parents struggling with attachment issues. Tina Traster has contributed to numerous publications including the New York Times, the New York Post, Huffington Post, Family Circle, and many more. She lives in Valley Cottage, New York. Melissa Fay Greene is the author of five books, including There Is No Me Without You and No Biking in the House Without a Helmet. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

The emotional attachment of a child to caregivers, and the attachment of the caregivers to the child, is of vital importance to the child's socioemotional development. Proper attachment can affect one's ability to feel and express love, moral development, motivation to achieve, and sense of identity. Modern industrial societies have seen a recent surge in attachment problems, yet there has been little information on clinical interventions for attachment disorders. The Handbook of Attachment Interventions meets this need by providing information on diverse patient populations across different therapeutic philosophies, while providing specific techniques for treating attachment disordered children and their families. The book begins with a discussion of how attachment disorders relate to subsequent antisocial behavior patterns and other disorders, as well as general issues parents may encounter with an attachment disordered child. Subsequent chapters discuss special patient populations (the adopted child, military families, etc.) and techniques for intervention. Practitioners in clinical, private practice, managed care, and hospital settings, social workers, developmental psychologists, and interested parents find the Handbook of Attachment Interventions a valuable reference.

What to do when your child is not just being difficult, but becoming dangerous Are you locked in a constant struggle for control with your child? Do you question your abilities as a parent because your child doesn't seem to love you? Are you at your wit's end because of your child's endless lies and destruction? While parenting inevitably comes with its fair share of struggles, caring for a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) will turn your world upside down. It doesn't matter how much you love and care for them; your child will push your buttons and test your limits. From violence to false accusations of abuse, no parent expects, or is prepared to handle, these kinds of troubling behavior from a child. Your child's unique condition requires a unique style of parenting. Because they don't have the same motivations and attachments as regular children, a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder will need a different type of care and discipline. Fortunately, you don't have to figure things out on your own. Others have gone through the heartaches and struggles of parenting a child with this serious condition. By learning from their experiences, you can navigate this challenging journey with both eyes open and prepare your family for what lies ahead. This easy-to-understand guide lays out the complexities of dealing with Reactive Attachment Disorder, based on detailed research and hands-on experience. In Reactive Attachment Disorder 101, here is just a fraction of what you will discover: How to approach parenting when caring for a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder, and why it differs from traditional parenting methods Why your child is rejecting your attempts to hug and kiss them, and how to show your affection instead The shocking behavior that could put your other children in harm's way, and the measures you should take to keep them safe How to make your child feel secure and at ease in your home when they feel suffocated by your care and attention The types of discipline that work with children with Reactive Attachment Disorder, and how to implement them The essential qualities to look for when seeking professional help for your child The #1 thing you should do when interacting with your child that will not only help you take better care of them, but also protect you in worse-case scenarios The hard choices you need to be prepared for when parenting a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder And much more. It can be tempting to give up when you feel like your child is more than you are capable of handling. But it's possible to overcome these difficult challenges and thrive as a family. Understanding your child's illness is the first step in resolving your child's issues. You will have a long, arduous road ahead, but with hope, determination and lots of support, you can get through it. If you are desperate for clear-cut and experience-based guidance on dealing with Reactive Attachment Disorder in your child, then scroll up and click the "Add to Cart" button right now.

In this comprehensive guide to the problems of the individuals coping with intractable children who do not understand their feelings and have no legacy of love to draw upon, the author creates a model for their behavior and explains to readers how to correct their shortcomings.