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Is your teen struggling with issues associated with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)? We have information regarding Reactive Attachment Disorder Therapy that can help. Review our RAD intervention comparison on the right.

Many residential treatment programs work with teens who struggle with RAD. These teens sometimes exhibit complex problems. Does your child exhibit any of the following behaviors?

Reactive Attachment Disorder Awareness: Does Your Teenager Struggle With Any of the Following?

• Avoidant Behavior
• Distant or Aloof Behavior
• Anxious Clinging Behavior
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Difficulty Coping with Stress
• Poor Relationships with Others

Have there been symptoms or diagnoses of this or other disorders?

• Family Conflict, Argumentative, Abusive Behavior
• Blatant Disregard of Rules
• Can't Accept "No" For an Answer
• Abrupt Change in Personality
• Never at Fault - Shifts Blame to Others
• Uncontrollable Anger - Poor Emotional Control
• Can't Accept Feedback - "Above the Law"
• Manipulative - Pits Parents Against Each Other
• Lying - Stealing - Sneaky Behaviors
• Lack of Motivation - Lazy - Resists Tasks
• "I hate you," attitude
• "You can't make me," attitude
• Substance Abuse - Alcohol or Drugs
• Skips School - Truancy
• School Suspensions - Authority Problems
• Grades Have Fallen - Academic Problems
• Can't Keep Friends - Peer Problems
• Danger to Self or Others
• Runs Away or AWOL
• Conduct Disorder - Diagnosed or Observed?
• Poor Choice of Friends - Easily Misled
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
• Bipolar Disorder - Diagnosed or Observed?
• Low Self-Esteem or Poor Self-Image
• Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
• Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD)
• Depression - Diagnosed or Observed?
• Attempted or Threats of Suicide (Ideation)
• Drug Abuse or Addiction
• Alcohol Abuse or Addiction
• Smoking or other Tobacco Use
• Sexually Active - Risky Behavior
• Cutting - Self-Harm or Mutilation
• Adoption Issues - Associated with RAD
• Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)
• Eating Disorder (Anorexia, Bulimia)
• Learning Disabilities - Diagnosed?

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Attachment, Trauma, and Healing:
Understanding and Treating Attachment Disorder in Children and Families -- Book Review

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Attachment, Trauma, and Healing: Understanding and Treating Attachment Disorder in Children and Families

Authors: Terry M. Levy & Michael Orlans

Title: Attachment, Trauma, and Healing: Understanding and Treating Attachment Disorder in Children and Families

Book Info: Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America Press, 1998. 3l5pp(p).

Attachment is the deep and enduring connection established between a child and caregiver in the first few years of life. It profoundly influences every component of the human condition: mind, body, emotions, relationships, and values. Children lacking secure attachments with caregivers may grow up to be parents who are incapable of establishing this crucial foundation with their own children.

Attachment, Trauma, and Healing examines the causes of attachment disorder, and provides in-depth discussion on effective solutions--including attachment-focused assessment and diagnosis, specialized training and education for caregivers, the controversial "in-arms" treatment for children and caregivers, and early intervention and prevention programs for high-risk families.

Chapters include: historical perspective; roots of attachment; personal and social competencies-the attachment foundation; disrupted attachment; assessment; corrective attachment therapy--basic theoretical and treatment issues; corrective attachment therapy--revisit, revise, and revitalize; corrective attachment therapy--the family system; two-week treatment program; parenting the child with attachment disorder; the child welfare system and public policy. Appendixes include: intake packet; a day in the life; sentence completion form; patterns of adult attachment; symptom comparison--ADHD, bipolar disorder, reactive attachment disorder; the effective corrective attachment therapist; historical perspective; life script; and follow-up treatment plan.

COPYRIGHT 2000 Libra Publishers, Inc.

COPYRIGHT 2001 Gale Group

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Attachment, Trauma, and Healing: Understanding and Treating Attachment Disorder in Children and Families

(For additional information relating to Reactive Attachment Disorder Therapy, see: Attachment Disorder Adoption, Attachment Disorder Treatment Centers, Attachment Disorder Treatment Options, RAD Programs, RAD Schools, RAD Treatment, Reactive Attachment Disorder in Teens, Reactive Attachment Disorder Therapy, and Reactive Attachment Disorder Treatment)

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