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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 480150" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>For us, when my son was 3.5-4.5 we went throgh attachment disorder therapy. The therapists were experts in this area (and one was also an ed. psychiatric too). They had a lot of advanced training in Reactive Attachment Disorder. I had researched and searched hard for them. I knew attachment was likely to be part of the issues for my son because he had been possibly neglected to age 7 months (not terribly but not sure they said) and then in foster care (same one, a good one) but he had a brain mass and chronic pain for over a year with seizures etc. (chronic pain--even if it is unavioidable--to a baby is just not getting comfort, some premies and other sick babies have been diagnosis with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) from this experience I have read). So, after working with them for a long time they said they see Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) on a spectrum like autism and he is not full blown symptomatic of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) but seems to be insecurely attached. He loves to attach but doesn't trust it so at times does the "i'll get you before you can possibly hurt me" thing, he gets very upset when things get lost...or he loses a connection to someone, and he does this push pull thing with his bond with me...wants it, pulls away, wants it, pulls away.. So, that is how it was explained to me anyway. It is still kind of a part of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), kind of like Aspergers is a part of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)... it is a spectrum disorder and kids are not just attached or unattached. Does that make sense?</p><p></p><p>So, if you look up Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) sites, you may find SOME things that make sense or are helpful but may not fully be what is going on. Only you know what it looks like to you</p><p></p><p>Nancy Thomas works with really tough kids, and some of her approaches are hard to imagine for many of us, but she runs a therapeutic foster home and lives the life so she does have some good points. I think another site is Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)-Kids something like that, you'd have to google it.</p><p></p><p>May be relevant, may not, but given the situation, both in terms of timing of the illness, how you describe his care and then having to switch caregivers.... could help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 480150, member: 12886"] For us, when my son was 3.5-4.5 we went throgh attachment disorder therapy. The therapists were experts in this area (and one was also an ed. psychiatric too). They had a lot of advanced training in Reactive Attachment Disorder. I had researched and searched hard for them. I knew attachment was likely to be part of the issues for my son because he had been possibly neglected to age 7 months (not terribly but not sure they said) and then in foster care (same one, a good one) but he had a brain mass and chronic pain for over a year with seizures etc. (chronic pain--even if it is unavioidable--to a baby is just not getting comfort, some premies and other sick babies have been diagnosis with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) from this experience I have read). So, after working with them for a long time they said they see Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) on a spectrum like autism and he is not full blown symptomatic of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) but seems to be insecurely attached. He loves to attach but doesn't trust it so at times does the "i'll get you before you can possibly hurt me" thing, he gets very upset when things get lost...or he loses a connection to someone, and he does this push pull thing with his bond with me...wants it, pulls away, wants it, pulls away.. So, that is how it was explained to me anyway. It is still kind of a part of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), kind of like Aspergers is a part of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)... it is a spectrum disorder and kids are not just attached or unattached. Does that make sense? So, if you look up Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) sites, you may find SOME things that make sense or are helpful but may not fully be what is going on. Only you know what it looks like to you Nancy Thomas works with really tough kids, and some of her approaches are hard to imagine for many of us, but she runs a therapeutic foster home and lives the life so she does have some good points. I think another site is Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)-Kids something like that, you'd have to google it. May be relevant, may not, but given the situation, both in terms of timing of the illness, how you describe his care and then having to switch caregivers.... could help. [/QUOTE]
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