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Parenting Other People's Children: Understanding And Repairing Reactive Attachment Disorder
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 306
EAN: 9780533153220
ISBN: 0533153220
Label: Vantage Pr
Manufacturer: Vantage Pr
Number Of Pages: 243
Publication Date: July 30, 2006
Publisher: Vantage Pr
Studio: Vantage Pr
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Rating:  - Okay, not great
True, there is too little useful, available literature on RAD and this book supplies some understanding. Nevertheless, I found it too repetitious, too lacking in examples and how-to's. If I weren't an experienced dad who has had three foster kids, one adopted kid, one birth kid, plus a nephew for six years, I would have not been able to overcome the vagueness. Push-pull is the big technique but there are too few examples. I got only one thing from this book: to make it clear to my RAD son that ... Read More
Rating:  - Parenting Other People's Children: Understanding and Repairing Reactive Attachment Disorder
The information in this book is excellent. Anyone thinking of adoption or foster parenting need to read this information
Rating: - SKIP ALL THE OTHER BOOKS ABOUT RAD AND GET THIS ONE
I can't begin to name all of the books I've read on adopting older children, raising foster children and Reactive Attachment Disorder. I should state that I am a mental health professional who works with kids in addition to being a foster parent of a child. I tried to prepare myself before getting into this reading a variety of books. Some of the books I read were interesting, but didn't really give an accurate framework to why my child behaves as he does. Some of the books were all theoretical ... Read More
Rating: - Different approach, good results
I have been a foster parent for 5 years to some children who did not have healthy beginnings. Having raised two biological children, and knowing what worked for them, I was frustrated when the usual parenting approach didn't work for our foster kids. I tried a variety of approaches, reading books about child development, but it wasn't until I read this book that the problems I was struggling with, with our foster kids, made sense. Once I understood the 'why', it was easier for me to put into action ... Read More
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