9/12/2023 0 Comments Rad disorder adoption![]() A significant number of children placed in foster care are eventually diagnosed with RAD. The child was not soothed or comforted, and their needs were not met during those crucial first years of life. Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) is a condition mostly diagnosed in children who have been neglected and did not form a healthy emotional attachment to their primary caregivers in infancy. ![]() I knew that foster and adopted kiddos that have RAD are difficult to work with, and sometimes never get better. When we got the RAD diagnosis, I was discouraged, and honestly, terrified. She was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). We didn’t know what kind of things she had been exposed to before her life with us, and she couldn’t (or wouldn’t) tell us. When our daughter was six, we knew we needed to have her tested. My child’s tantrums started to affect me socially, emotionally, and at work. As she got older, the worse they got and the longer they lasted. Even after her adoption at the age of five, her tantrums continued and even seemed to get worse. At that time, we didn’t know how horrendous the first four years of her life had truly been. The tantrums were awful, but at the time she was still having visitation with her biological parents, so it was always painful and hard on her. Our daughter moved in with us at age four as our foster daughter. ![]() If I tell her no or we have to do anything that wasn’t her idea, she will purposely pee on the floor, throw tantrums for hours, hitting and kicking me, bite me, and sometimes even spit at me. At home, though, you would see a different picture. These are the adjectives I typically hear after people meet my adopted daughter. ![]()
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