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Attachment therapy? What is it? Do all adopted kids need it?
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 401633" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>From what I have seen/heard, it is NOT something that all adopted kids need treatment for at 12 and 15. If NONE of the outside school tdocs/psychiatrists/neuropsychs have said it, then it likely is NOT an issue school needs to stick their noses into. in my opinion, of course. Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is a "hot" diagnosis for adoptees and MANY people want to make it out that all adopted kids have some "degree" of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). They also want to apply it to ANY child who had health problems before age 3. Unless EVERYTHING else has been ruled out first, a diagnosis of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is not appropriate. We had a couple of tdocs and psychiatric nurses and one quack psychiatrist (for other reasons than just this) who wanted to diagnosis Wiz with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) because he had severe ear infections as an infant and he woke up in the OR right after they started urinary surgery because the anesthesiologist gave the wrong medication to him (and he remembered it). Even with THAT trauma Wiz still did not have Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). My mother tried to say it was because we moved him away from her that he had Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) but that wasn't true either. </p><p> </p><p>I would tell school that if there are attachment issues it is NOT a school matter and they need to focus on what is in his neuropsychologist evaluation and other problems. What has he done that they think justifies trying to diagnosis him with attachment problems or Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)? Why do they think htey are better than all the other docs etc.. who have not found this? Has he told them something or is this some school counselor who wants to find something that makes the problems a home issue and not their problem and an excuse for making him the problem instead of changing how they approach him?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 401633, member: 1233"] From what I have seen/heard, it is NOT something that all adopted kids need treatment for at 12 and 15. If NONE of the outside school tdocs/psychiatrists/neuropsychs have said it, then it likely is NOT an issue school needs to stick their noses into. in my opinion, of course. Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is a "hot" diagnosis for adoptees and MANY people want to make it out that all adopted kids have some "degree" of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). They also want to apply it to ANY child who had health problems before age 3. Unless EVERYTHING else has been ruled out first, a diagnosis of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is not appropriate. We had a couple of tdocs and psychiatric nurses and one quack psychiatrist (for other reasons than just this) who wanted to diagnosis Wiz with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) because he had severe ear infections as an infant and he woke up in the OR right after they started urinary surgery because the anesthesiologist gave the wrong medication to him (and he remembered it). Even with THAT trauma Wiz still did not have Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). My mother tried to say it was because we moved him away from her that he had Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) but that wasn't true either. I would tell school that if there are attachment issues it is NOT a school matter and they need to focus on what is in his neuropsychologist evaluation and other problems. What has he done that they think justifies trying to diagnosis him with attachment problems or Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)? Why do they think htey are better than all the other docs etc.. who have not found this? Has he told them something or is this some school counselor who wants to find something that makes the problems a home issue and not their problem and an excuse for making him the problem instead of changing how they approach him? [/QUOTE]
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