![]() ![]() The best solution is for the caseworker to fully disclose the child’s special needs before the placement so the right match can be made so the family can be fully prepared to meet that child’s needs. But sometimes, a disruption re-traumatizes that child and sets that child back another six months. Some foster parents disrupt a RAD placement within a few months if they don’t see things working quickly. Will a child with RAD “grow out of it”? No, not necessarily, but the longer a child is in a healthy environment, away from trauma, the better his chances are of recovering from that trauma. The fact of the matter is, part of the solution is simply patience. They want a “cure” or medication to fix the child. Most foster/adoptive parents want a quick fix. The longer a child has been in a traumatized situation, the longer it will take him to heal. “If I can’t trust my real parents, why should I trust you?” The best barometer of success I’ve seen for children with RAD is simply this: TIME + CONSISTENCY = TRUST. Therefore, the child feels that caregivers cannot protect them from future trauma. But please don’t! There may not be a “cure,” but there is hope.įoster or adoptive children with RAD have a lack of trust because of a traumatic event(s) caused by their primary caregiver or from an inability of that caregiver to protect them. The mood swings, the fake charm, the inability to attach, the inability to trust, the lack of “stranger danger,” triangulation and manipulation is enough to make any parent exhausted! Not to mention, the guilt parents feel, the lack of support and the judgmental gaze of outside onlookers, as if you are a bad parent. ![]() Anyone who has cared for a foster or adoptive child for any length of time knows the frustration of RAD. It would be awesome if there was a pill to make Reactive Attachment Disorder go away! ![]()
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