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Can someone explain me more about Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) & therapies for it
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 550766" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I have no idea how common Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is, but i think that if the child has no central figure in his early life and lives in an orphanage or is not with any particular parental figure in those early years, there has to be some attachment issues. I certainly lived that with my psycho adopted son R. I never met a kid who did the things that he did and was diagnosed with severe reactive attachment disorder when he was removed from our home and intensively diagnosed. I personally am skeptical of any diagnosis of attachment disorder if the child had loving parents and no breaks in attachment in the early years. That's when I start spacing out if somebody says "Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)." Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) also is only supposed to be diagnosed if the situation of the child's life fits and if everything else has been ruled out first. </p><p></p><p>The child we adopted with the severe Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) was 11 when he came to us, set fires, killed two of our animals and sexual abused my youngest two k ids at knifepoint. My daughter saw him choking a neighbor's cat and humping a neighbor boy on top of the stuff he did at home. THIS I have no doubt is attachment disorder. But there is a spectrum and unattached kids don't have to be that horrible. They can just be....unattached to the family. Like the child I adopted at six. </p><p></p><p>I do not agree with all the wacky Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) methods. It is a personal decision how you treat your Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) c hild. In our case, since this boy was so incredibly dangerous and also tricky and sneaky, we decided to let CPS take him without fighting to stay in contact with him. I doubt by his age anything could have helped him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 550766, member: 1550"] I have no idea how common Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is, but i think that if the child has no central figure in his early life and lives in an orphanage or is not with any particular parental figure in those early years, there has to be some attachment issues. I certainly lived that with my psycho adopted son R. I never met a kid who did the things that he did and was diagnosed with severe reactive attachment disorder when he was removed from our home and intensively diagnosed. I personally am skeptical of any diagnosis of attachment disorder if the child had loving parents and no breaks in attachment in the early years. That's when I start spacing out if somebody says "Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)." Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) also is only supposed to be diagnosed if the situation of the child's life fits and if everything else has been ruled out first. The child we adopted with the severe Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) was 11 when he came to us, set fires, killed two of our animals and sexual abused my youngest two k ids at knifepoint. My daughter saw him choking a neighbor's cat and humping a neighbor boy on top of the stuff he did at home. THIS I have no doubt is attachment disorder. But there is a spectrum and unattached kids don't have to be that horrible. They can just be....unattached to the family. Like the child I adopted at six. I do not agree with all the wacky Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) methods. It is a personal decision how you treat your Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) c hild. In our case, since this boy was so incredibly dangerous and also tricky and sneaky, we decided to let CPS take him without fighting to stay in contact with him. I doubt by his age anything could have helped him. [/QUOTE]
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