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My RAD Parenting Grab Bag (part 2)

My RAD Parenting Grab Bag (part 2)
Help support GIMH! Vote for our Room of Your Own at BlogHer! Log-in to BlogHer and then vote as an attendee. More of my ideas and techniques are below, continued from part one (don’t miss it…).  Same disclaimers apply:  I’m not an expert and these aren’t all my ‘original’...
March 2nd, 2010 | Attachment, Feature, Russia | Read More

Reactive Attachment Parenting Grab Bag (part 1)

Reactive Attachment Parenting Grab Bag (part 1)
My grab bag of RAD techniques Parenting a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is a struggle.  There are those saintly folks out there who can do it with grace and dignity and I am not one of them.  However, through many readings, daily research, an ear to listen to those who’ve gone before...
March 1st, 2010 | Attachment, Feature, Russia | Read More

The Adopted Child’s Loss

The Adopted Child’s Loss
My daughter arrived home at thirteen months, broken in spirit and disconnected. I sensed that she was engulfed in an invisible cocoon. Her cries and screams, which happened without warning and often over a dozen times each day, expressed her fathomless grief and her inability to connect. My daughter...
February 22nd, 2010 | Attachment, Feature, Sensory Processing Disorder, Special Needs | Read More

What Does Therapy Look Like? Part 2

What Does Therapy Look Like? Part 2
This is Part Two of a post on Attachment Therapy. Read Yesterday’s Post. I marvel at the way Deborah draws as she talks.  Dimples eyes stay focused on the page as Deborah illustrates the situation she is discussing.  Then she engages Dimples in conversation, often while Dimples adds details...
February 13th, 2010 | Attachment, Ethiopia, Feature | Read More

What Does Therapy Look Like? Part 1

What Does Therapy Look Like? Part 1
There was a time last year when I didn’t know if we could survive the impact that grief, loss, and trauma were   having on our family.  After 22 months of tumult, with the situation worsening, we finally sought professional help.  We were 20 months later than we should have been.  I learned some...
February 12th, 2010 | Attachment, Ethiopia, Feature | Read More

RAD lessons

RAD lessons
I have read a lot of articles, journals, books and anything else I can get my hands on – all about RAD.  I try to soak up the information and promise myself to use it everyday in dealing with my kids. But, I’m human. The information seeps back out my brain and I resort to what I think is...
January 25th, 2010 | Attachment, Feature | Read More

When a child may have to leave

When a child may have to leave
Leaving?  Maybe… The world simply wants to pretend this doesn’t happen.  Even people in the adoption community can be harsh toward a family that needs out of home placement.  Permanently, it is called disruption or dissolution and comes with insane amounts of heartbreak for every member of the...
December 18th, 2009 | Attachment | Read More

Giving Thanks in a world of RAD

Giving Thanks in a world of RAD
It’s been a tough ride around here lately…but something changed.  I think it’s me and I wonder why I couldn’t have done it a long time ago.  RAD isn’t funny.  I know that…but humor and a thankful spirit can, in fact, get a person through very dark days and nights and bring them out on...
November 25th, 2009 | Attachment, Feature | Read More

Is it Supposed to Be This Easy?

I used to talk with friends at lunch about how I was preparing myself for the “worst”…reading up on FAS, sensory issues, making sure I baby-proofed everything and they thought I was crazy. They told me that that having children was supposed to be easy. That attachment and bonding came...
November 16th, 2009 | Attachment, Guatemala, Russia | Read More

RAD on vacation

RAD on vacation
We just got home from vacation.  Seven days in the tropical world of the Dominican Republic.  It’s a bit like groundhog day there…exact same weather…exact same routine:  sleep in, overeat at breakfast buffet, lay on the beach and ride the waves, overeat at lunch, lay by the pool...
October 26th, 2009 | Attachment, Feature | Read More
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