Turns out, all this time I thought that David was diagnosed with RAD. Nope. Well he is now. Frustrating when people remove and add diagnoses without letting the family know. He has Autism, Borderline Personality Disorder, Bipolar, AdHd, and quite a few others. Reactive Attachment Disorder *RAD” is now one of his Axis I diagnoses….
Author: David's Father
Attention Seeking RAD
I tend to forget, and I shouldn’t. Every action is designed to get attention. Every behavior is designed to get attention. I asked him this morning, “what do you gain from this behavior?” His answer? “I don’t know” —————— I wish that he did. I would much rather award positive behavior, than the negative…
Reactive Attachment Disorder
I found this video through a group I belong to on facebook. It explains so much about children like our son David. Not every adopted child will be afflicted with this disorder, though quite a few are. I did not create the video. I don’t claim ownership of the video. I am merely sharing content…