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<blockquote data-quote="timer lady" data-source="post: 242755" data-attributes="member: 393"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">I'm sorry ~ I didn't take the time to read all of the responses. I'd like to offer something the others may not have considered.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Who or what is being done to address the Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) & PTSD? Many of the symptoms/behaviors sound so very familiar. I'm the parent of twins with severe Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) & complex PTSD. While medically we've handled the symptoms/diagnosis's that can be handled with medications, the other diagnosis's are being handled through therapy.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Both of my children are/have been in Residential Treatment Center (RTC), day treatment, multiple hospitalizatons, etc. Now we have in home services. This has all been due to the attachment disorder & ptsd. It cannot be medicated away.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">In school we have IEPs that address the very specific symptoms of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) & ptsd. Including calling home to check in when necessary. They both carry a picture of mom & dad on their key chains. They have boxes filled with love notes from mom & dad sitting in the counsellor's office. Every time they start acting out or acting depressed they go to their "hug" box & take out a special note that husband & I spent hours writing up for kt & wm. There is a need for consistency & nurturance in treatment, in rules at home, in parenting.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">I just wanted to add this. Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is a diagnosis not given lightly nor should be ignored or taken lightly. Treatment for Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) & ptsd is a **** shoot; what works for one child doesn't for the next. In that light, there is no "written or proven" treatment. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Don't let the emotionaly disturbed label scare you ~ it's gotten me more services, more help at school than anything else.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">In the meantime, I'm sending positive thoughts that you find the right answers for your difficult children. There are days you feel you cannot go one more day & days you feel absolute delight that you've taken your children into your family & made them your own. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timer lady, post: 242755, member: 393"] [SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]I'm sorry ~ I didn't take the time to read all of the responses. I'd like to offer something the others may not have considered. Who or what is being done to address the Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) & PTSD? Many of the symptoms/behaviors sound so very familiar. I'm the parent of twins with severe Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) & complex PTSD. While medically we've handled the symptoms/diagnosis's that can be handled with medications, the other diagnosis's are being handled through therapy. Both of my children are/have been in Residential Treatment Center (RTC), day treatment, multiple hospitalizatons, etc. Now we have in home services. This has all been due to the attachment disorder & ptsd. It cannot be medicated away. In school we have IEPs that address the very specific symptoms of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) & ptsd. Including calling home to check in when necessary. They both carry a picture of mom & dad on their key chains. They have boxes filled with love notes from mom & dad sitting in the counsellor's office. Every time they start acting out or acting depressed they go to their "hug" box & take out a special note that husband & I spent hours writing up for kt & wm. There is a need for consistency & nurturance in treatment, in rules at home, in parenting. I just wanted to add this. Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is a diagnosis not given lightly nor should be ignored or taken lightly. Treatment for Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) & ptsd is a **** shoot; what works for one child doesn't for the next. In that light, there is no "written or proven" treatment. Don't let the emotionaly disturbed label scare you ~ it's gotten me more services, more help at school than anything else. In the meantime, I'm sending positive thoughts that you find the right answers for your difficult children. There are days you feel you cannot go one more day & days you feel absolute delight that you've taken your children into your family & made them your own. [/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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