61. MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Reactive Attachment Disorder Of Infancy Or Ear Reactive attachment disorder of infancy or early childhood. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001547.htm

@import url(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/images/advanced.css); Skip navigation Medical Encyclopedia Other encyclopedia topics: A-Ag Ah-Ap Aq-Az B-Bk ... Z Reactive attachment disorder of infancy or early childhood Contents of this page: Definition Causes, incidence, and risk factors Symptoms Signs and tests ... Prevention Definition Reactive attachment disorder is a disturbance of social interaction caused by neglect of a child's basic physical and emotional needs, particularly during infancy. Babies placed in orphanages at birth and raised by multiple caretakers without primary parent-figures can also develop this disorder, even if physical care was adequate. Causes, incidence, and risk factors Reactive attachment disorder is caused by neglect of an infant's needs for physical safety, food, touching, and emotional bonds with a primary and/or secondary caretaker. The risk of neglect to the infant or child is increased with parental isolation, lack of parenting skills, teen parents, or a caregiver who is mentally retarded. A frequent change in caregivers (e.g., occuring in orphanages or foster care) is another cause of reactive attachment disorder. Children adopted from foreign orphanages are commonly affected, particularly if they were removed from their birth parents during the first weeks of life.

62. Hope To Tell Informative links and a personal story of one family who has a little girl with attachment disorder. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/7447

63. Medical Encyclopedia: Reactive Attachment Disorder Of Infancy Or Early Childhood Medical Encyclopedia Reactive attachment disorder of infancy or early childhood.URL of this page http//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001547.htm. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/print/ency/article/001547.htm

To print this page, use the print option from your browser. To close this window, click on the "x" in the upper right hand corner of the window. Medical Encyclopedia: Reactive attachment disorder of infancy or early childhood URL of this page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001547.htm Definition Reactive attachment disorder is a disturbance of social interaction caused by neglect of a child's basic physical and emotional needs, particularly during infancy. Babies placed in orphanages at birth and raised by multiple caretakers without primary parent-figures can also develop this disorder, even if physical care was adequate. Causes, incidence, and risk factors Reactive attachment disorder is caused by neglect of an infant's needs for physical safety, food, touching, and emotional bonds with a primary and/or secondary caretaker. The risk of neglect to the infant or child is increased with parental isolation, lack of parenting skills, teen parents, or a caregiver who is mentally retarded. A frequent change in caregivers (e.g., occuring in orphanages or foster care) is another cause of reactive attachment disorder. Children adopted from foreign orphanages are commonly affected, particularly if they were removed from their birth parents during the first weeks of life.

64. Welcome To The Post Institute For Family-Centered Therapy A family centered approach to understanding behavior disruptions in children and families including treatment for attachment disorder. Offices in Mountain View and Wynnewood, Oklahoma. http://www.bryanpost.com

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65. Attachment Disorder attachment disorder. What is an attachment disorder? One such problemthat children sometimes develop is called an attachment disorder. http://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/adoption/resources/attach.html

Attachment Disorder What is an attachment disorder? How does attachment theory explain problem behavior in children? The experiences that the child has with his or her primary caregiver leads to the development of a set of ideas about the world that consists of the child’s expectations about love and care from others.  The secure child has good self-esteem (a sense that he or she is worthwhile and that people care) and feels self-confident.  His or her ideas about the world are such that he or she attributes responsiveness, warmth and trust to others.  These positive ideas about people set the stage for cooperative interactions. Children who have been mistreated or abused may become insecure and, as a result, may not view the world as a safe place.  These children can be disruptive as a way of attempting to regulate caregiving patterns.  While their strategies are ineffective, disruptive behavior such as whining, noncompliance, and other negative forms of attention seeking behaviors may serve to regulate the parent’s proximity and monitoring of the child.  The child does this because previous care was problematic and the child is insecure. What type of parent-child relationship problems lead to attachment disorders?

66. Life Story: Fighting To Be A Family A narrative of one family's struggle with attachment disorder, by Lilly W. Heyen. http://www.babycenter.com/essay/4527.html

var ACM, oPopup, oDefPopup, offsetTop=10, offsetLeft=10; You seem to have disabled JavaScript. To take full advantage of our site and functionality, we recommend you enable Javascript. How? Preconception Pregnancy Baby ... Development Life Story Fighting to be a family By Lily W. Heyen Life with Mickey was supposed to be ice cream cones and cuddling not the nightmare of attachment disorder I should have anticipated trouble when I saw the orphanage. Like most of the buildings in Eastern Europe, it was huge, ugly, barely functional. The winter freeze lived in the walls, the radiators impotent against the magnitude of the chill. The children were dressed in layers of unmatched clothing of varying size. The cold reflected more than the winter season. "Are there any children in this orphanage who are available for adoption?" we asked. Our translator questioned the director. A moment later came the answer that changed our lives. "There is a little boy. He is almost 4. He has rather big ears." My husband and I exchanged hopeful glances. "Can we see him?" Mickey was quiet, subdued, barely curious about the strangers who reached out their hands and attempted to lift him into their waiting laps. He resisted. He never made a sound. No matter. We fancied ourselves in love at first sight. After all, hadn't we always heard that loving a child enough would solve all problems? A good home, loving parents. What could go wrong?

67. Reactive Attachment Disorder of Reactive attachment disorder. Reactive attachment disorderis a very real illness. Symptoms of Reactive attachment disorder....... http://www.olderchildadoption.com/rad/RADdescripNG.htm

Submissions Link to Us Advertise Website Design ... Home Attachment Index Poor Attachments - Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) Attachment Parenting Books ... Older Child Adoption Discussion Forum Share, ask questions, find support. Website Info -Advertise Write for Us -Adoption questions? Email us Reactive Attachment Disorder: A Journey of Hope by Nancy Geoghegan [Thank you to Nancy Geoghegan for permission to re-print the article. Ms. Geoghegan parents a child healing from RAD, and owns the Attachment Disorder Network and Hope for AD Kids Email List . Both of these are excellent resources for families dealing with RAD.] Our story begins on April 3, 1996, the day we brought our then 4- year- old son home from a Romanian orphanage. From the moment he came home, he was a whirlwind of hyperactivity - touching everything, defiant, destructive, loud, violent and rageful. I noticed some other strange behaviors right away. Rocking back and forth and from side to side, refusing to eat, lack of eye contact, an apparent need to be in control of everyone and every situation, and a propensity to illicit angry responses from both myself and my husband - what we called "pushing our buttons". He had no fear of strangers often just walking up to a stranger and touching them and talking to them. He would hug me with his back when I would go for a hug and he flinched when I touched him yet he would be happy to give hugs to anyone not in his immediate family.

68. Diane Feinberg, M.Ed. - Attachment Therapy Specialist Treatment and training for reactive attachment disorder through corrective attachment therapy. Find a description of services, including eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. http://www.dianefeinberg.com

ABOUT DIANE FEINBERG, M.Ed., LPC Diane has been a Psychotherapist for over 28 years and has worked in residential and outpatient treatment centers. She was in private practice in Connecticut for twelve years before accepting a position as Clinical Director of an Attachment Center. For over eight years, her main focus has been treating attachment-disrupted children and their families. Currently, Diane maintains a private practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico and conducts seminars on Attachment throughout the United States. Diane travels to the homes of families with children who suffer from Attachment Disorder, working with them for seven to ten days at a time, usually coordinating with a local Therapist for follow-up therapy. dianefeinberg@earthlink.net Telephone Address SC 29928

69. Attachment & Bonding Issues, Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) Hope and help for families whose child is newly adopted, has attachmentissues, or has RAD (reactive attachment disorder). http://www.olderchildadoption.com/rad/

Submissions Link to Us Advertise Website Design ... Home Attachment Index Poor Attachments - Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) Attachment Parenting Books ... Older Child Adoption Discussion Forum Share, ask questions, find support. Website Info -Advertise Write for Us -Adoption questions? Email us ... The Basics Learn how to attach to your child... what a solid attachment feels like... the signs of poor attachment... educating yourself about attachment... What's New? The Mom Store 2 March 2004 Attachment and Bonding 101: The Basics 2 March 2004 Finding an Attachment Therapist Taking the Plunge Why Parents Don't Invest Themselves in Nancy Thomas's Parenting Program Highlighted Article Parenting Tips "Every time we get angry or annoyed, it gives our child a little "zing" so they keep going and going and going to give themselves more and more zings." Read more parenting tips... BOOKLET The Essential Link: To buy For more info Quick-to-read booklet packed with attachment tips and suggestions for adoptive parents Attachment Discussion Forum Bonding with a new child... RAD... Attachment parenting tips... Attachment questions...

70. Learn Online Course - Attachment Disorders: Understanding & Behavior Management Attachment and attachment disorder (RAD) This online behavior management coursefor CEU credit teaches the student or parent how to effectively work with http://universalclass.com/i/crn/2522.htm

Join Now Sign In Shopping Cart Wednesday, June 2, 2004 You Are Here: Home School of Education Early Education Course Info. Syllabus Similar Online Courses My Profile My Classes Categories Accounting Alternative Medicine Animal Care and Pets Arts and Photography ... Special Offers My Views My Classes My Reminders $$ Money I've Earned Course Catalog ... Global Search My To Do's Create a Class Join/Remove a Class My Settings Change Password Edit My Profile Edit My Resume Help ... LogOff Use this form to join this online class .Attachment Disorder (Reactive Attachment Disorder or RAD) may be responsible for the majority of behavioral problems in children today. Learn behavior management techniques specific to behaviour issues related to Reactive Attachment Disorders. Continuing Education Credit (CEUs) available. The course is designed for parents, educators, child care providers, and others working with young children with attachment issues or Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). 1.0 CEUs Why wait to enroll? This is an online course and you can begin receiving instruction online from Instructor Dr. Catherine Swanson Cain right now. Don't miss out on instruction from a real expert in the field, giving you personalized assistance, and documenting all of your progress which you can add to your resume or portfolio. This class has been officially reviewed by our Course Review Committee that scrutinizes course content and instructor participation. This course has received our Committee's

71. EEG Spectrum International - Attachment Disorder Attachment Disorganization An integrated picture of the disorganizedinfant growing into childhood. The fullest available introduction http://www.eegspectrum.com/Applications/AttachmentDisorder/

Back KG: Reactive Attachment Disorder, 4yM CS: Reactive Attachment Disorder in adulthood, 50yM E: Reactive Attachment Disorder in adulthood, 25yF ... Attachment Disorganization An integrated picture of the disorganized infant growing into childhood. The fullest available introduction to the topic AND the definitive book of reference. Current theory and data on the nature and etiology of disorganized attachment including social, psychological, and biological factors. Longitudinal findings presented. Affect Regulation and the Origin of the Self : The Neurobiology of Emotional Development Allan N. Schore Domestic and International Affiliates Francaise Deutsche Italiana Portuguese Espanola Norsk Russian Contact Us EEG Spectrum International, Inc.

72. Institute For Children And Families Areas of expertise at the West Chester, Pennsylvania institute are reactive attachment disorder, PTSD, ADHD, adoption issues, pediatric trauma and sexual abuse, childhood anxiety and depression. http://www.instituteforchildren.com/

This site requires JavaScript. Your browser is currently running without scripting enabled. We regret that you are unable to access this site unless you enable scripting. If you want to see the new web site for the Institute, please go to your browser and enable scripting. A Message from Lark Eshleman, PhD Director, Institute for Children and Families We at the Institute for Children and Families are dedicated to healing and hope. You can join us in this work. The Institute for Children and Families is a leading national center for treating children who suffer from the lasting effects of early trauma, or from serious and destructive breaks in the bonding or attachment process between child and parent. Individuals who experience emotional traumas as children are often left with persistent disorders, including an impaired capacity to form healthy familial and social attachments. Early childhood is the period during which the foundations for trust, empathy, conscience and lifelong learning are laid down - or during which a predisposition to violent behavior is established. When the effects of childhood trauma are untreated, the impact on individuals, families and society as a whole can be devastating. We at the Institute work hard to undo the damage and foster healing. We at the Institute for Children and Families hope you will explore the web site and that you gain knowledge, hope and empowerment from what you find. If you need our help or want more information, please contact us by phone at (610) 431-9508, e-mail us at

73. EEG Spectrum International - Neurofeedback: A Treatment For Reactive Attachment Neurofeedback A Treatment for Reactive attachment disorder. SebernF. Fisher, MA. It was T. who introduced me to attachment disorder. http://www.eegspectrum.com/Articles/Articles/InHouseArticles/RAD/

Not for duplication or distribution without the permission of the author. Neurofeedback: A Treatment for Reactive Attachment Disorder Sebern F. Fisher, M.A. In 1939, John Bowlby began what amounted to a campaign for the recognition of the primacy of attachment in the development of the human infant. Near the end of his life, in 1991, he reportedly expressed some measure of satisfaction that his ideas were gaining acceptance. It has only been within the last decade that attachment paradigms have become widely enough accepted to encourage widespread research and an increasing body of literature on theories of attachment and disordered attachment. Attachment research is still under-funded. Findings remain controversial in the field of psychotherapy, and in the arena of public policy, their implications go unheeded. Reactive Attachment Disorder, although having gained some recognition in the DSM IV, is still a misunderstood and underutilized diagnosis. Neurofeedback has met something of the same fate. Traditional biofeedback practitioners, already feeling their work trivialized by mainstream medicine, have been slow to embrace this new modality. The psychotherapy community is, at best, wary and in many instances, hostile to the neurofeedback interloper. In the January 2000 issue of The Journal of Clinical EEG, Frank Duffy, MD of Harvard Medical School said, "The literature, which lacks any negative study of substance, suggests that [neurofeedback] should play a major role in many difficult areas. In my opinion, if any medication had demonstrated such a wide spectrum of efficacy it would be universally accepted and widely used." None-the-less, for reasons he goes on to explore, this has not yet become the case. As neurofeedback is increasingly understood and accepted, it may well be those in the field of attachment and attachment disorder that embrace it most readily.

74. Attachment Disorder - 4therapy.com attachment disorder, » Conditions » attachment disorder Understandingattachment disorder. By Terry M. Levy, Ph.D. and Michael Orlans http://www.4therapy.com/consumer/conditions/topic.php?uniqueid=507

75. Welcome To Love And Logic Offers parenting strategies that can be utilized with children with attachment disorder. Purchase books, or find a schedule of seminars. http://www.loveandlogic.com/

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76. Attachment Disorder - 4therapy.com attachment disorder, What is Attachment? Promote secure attachment in theirown children when they become adults. What is attachment disorder? http://www.4therapy.com/consumer/about_therapy/topic.php?uniqueid=507

77. Beatitude House An Evergreen, Colorado ministry that seeks to bring God's healing to Christian adoptive families who are struggling with attachment disorder. http://www.beatitudehouse.org

Are you looking for the Beatitudes as written in scripture? Click here for the passage from Matthew Beatitude House is a Christian ministry and charitable trust, located in the mountains of beautiful western North Carolina, near the Great Smokey Mountain National Park. We are dedicated to providing treatment, support and information to families struggling with relationship difficulties and attachment disorder. As Adoption Specialists we are dedicated to helping prepare your family before and after the adoption process. We feel called to bring hope and healing to the broken hearts of children and families devastated by emotional, physical and sexual abuse. We have worked and trained in the secular world of social work. We were led through prayer to be trained in the specialized field of attachment work. After years of extensive training we felt God's call to minister to the Christian adoption community. We provide safe, respectful, effective treatment and training for people dealing with the adversities of emotional struggles.

78. Attachment Disorder - Information / Diagnosis / Treatment / Prevention home mental health disorders child and adolescent attachment disorderattachment disorder. Information • Diagnosis • Treatment • Prevention. http://www.healthcyclopedia.com/mental-health/disorders/child-and-adolescent/att

Home Health cyclopedia All Topics by Category The Good Health Search Engine Health Conditions A-Z Gurus ... child and adolescent > attachment disorder Attachment Disorder Information / Diagnosis / Treatment / Prevention External links (marked with an arrow ) open in a new window. This site is a web directory and does not offer medical advice. We cannot take responsibility for information found on listed sites. This Page Health News Web Directory: Health News: Search millions of published articles for news on Attachment Disorder Modern Medicine Aging The Ardell Wellness Report HealthFacts Medical Post Medical Update Men's Health and the National Women's Health Report Note: Subscription required to access the full text of articles. Web Directory: Bonding and Attachment in Maltreated Children Consequences of Emotional Neglect in Childhood. Developed by the ChildTrauma Academy, this booklet is devised to assist parents, caregivers, teachers and various professionals working with maltreated and traumatized children. By Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. Alaska Attachment and Bonding Associates A non-profit Wasilla, Alaska association providing advocacy through education for youth with attachment disorder. Find membership information, legislative issues, and a description of the organization's platform.

79. Attach-China Provided by a mother whose child is healing from attachment disorder. Includes articles on attachment issues and suggestions for parenting children with detachment issues. http://www.attach-china.org/

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