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RAD: Top Tools to Stop Critics

There are severe challenges to living with and helping to heal a child with RAD child. Critics that have judged and condemned parents without all the information to make a decision is one of the most hurtful. I have tried and tried to explain and teach to get these clueless folks to understand. Many times […]

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Great Dads of RAD

My friend Tim said, “This week with my daughter has been like living in a firestorm. She keeps creating sparks and embers for me to run and put out.” I can picture that! It is how we live when we have a child with RAD. As parents of these challenging children we are continually putting […]

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RAD, Is It Rare?

RAD, Is it Rare?   My stomach turned! Once again a gentle loving family had been misguided and hurt for years by an adoption worker telling them that RAD (Reactive Attachment Disorder) was rare and not to worry. When they called and described deeply concerning symptoms she told them it was “a period of adjustment” […]

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RAD and Pets, a Great Idea or Massive Mistake?

My puppy knew before I did one summer day at Healing Hearts Camp. Families desperate for help sat on the cool grass on the hill to watch a demonstration. Elan B-lined for one extremely angry, violent girl and parked herself up against her. The look my dog gave me was intense, as if to say, […]

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RAD, The Roots of Violence

The eyes are the windows to the soul. Yesterday I got a piercing hate look from a big, 15 year old boy that I am working with. It was a portal to cold, dark, evil. It was a long look as he walked by and drilled it into me. It is still echoing in my […]

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RAD: Spotting it in Toddlers

My great grandson, Lincoln, is here! It is so awesome to see what an attached toddler does. So many families I have worked with thought their child would grow out of the behaviors. They waited! They call me when their child is 9 years old or older and they are exhausted, stressed off the charts, […]

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Nancy’s Newsletter Dec. 2017

Join Nancy for this inspiration and information filled, free webinar to make the new year your best ever! Adoption & Attachment With Toddlers! We are offering this webinar two separate times; Choose the Date and Time that works best for you! Thursday January 4th, 2018 . 2pm-3:30pm MST Saturday January 6th, 2018 . 7pm-8:30pm MST […]

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‘TIS THE SEASON.. by Nancy Thomas

         As the holiday season approaches, my phone lines and emails are lit up like Christmas trees. Wild eyed mom’s stop me in parking lots. Parents of children with RAD and Attachment Disorder are screaming for help from the roof tops across the world as the season of giving and love begins. […]

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Parents’ Three Jobs

One day, in a therapy session with a mom and a rather precocious 8 year old, we were discussing the 6 jobs of children. The child, practically a genius, had the jobs memorized before the end of the session. Mom was duly impressed that this child could actually comply with this task and said, “That […]

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RAD and Forgiveness

“I’m sorry” is so often a lie with children afflicted with RAD. They have little to no conscience so there is no feeling behind it. Often the words are delivered with a shoulder shrug and an eye roll! How do we get them to care? The first thing I do is: make sure how much […]

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