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Can someone explain me more about Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) & therapies for it
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 550770" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is a very narrow definition - essentially, it requires that the kid form NO loving attachments in the first three years of life. Which means, the kids who have this will either be severely neglected/abused, or will have come from situations like overseas orphanages. </p><p></p><p>Insecure attachment is a broader brush - and, from experience, I can tell you that it is possible for a kid with secure attachment to become detached at a later age and end up with various attachment issues... but <em>not Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)</em>.</p><p></p><p>There's all sorts of extreme and extremely dangerous approaches out there to fix all sorts of "behaviour" problems (not just Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)) - the real problem being, the issue isn't the behaviour it's the source of the behaviour, and unless you can fix the <em>source of the behaviour</em>, you will either be ineffective or destructive. I've heard of a few Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) kids being turned around, but not by the kinds of extremes you were mentioning... I've seen insecurely attached kids turned around... again, never by those methods.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 550770, member: 11791"] Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is a very narrow definition - essentially, it requires that the kid form NO loving attachments in the first three years of life. Which means, the kids who have this will either be severely neglected/abused, or will have come from situations like overseas orphanages. Insecure attachment is a broader brush - and, from experience, I can tell you that it is possible for a kid with secure attachment to become detached at a later age and end up with various attachment issues... but [I]not Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)[/I]. There's all sorts of extreme and extremely dangerous approaches out there to fix all sorts of "behaviour" problems (not just Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)) - the real problem being, the issue isn't the behaviour it's the source of the behaviour, and unless you can fix the [I]source of the behaviour[/I], you will either be ineffective or destructive. I've heard of a few Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) kids being turned around, but not by the kinds of extremes you were mentioning... I've seen insecurely attached kids turned around... again, never by those methods. [/QUOTE]
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