RAD (Reactive Attachment Disorder) Improved

Individuals in the counseling and medical field know that RAD is likely to end in being institutionalized.  RAD is an emotional diagnosis for not bonding with the mother and not having needs met when a baby.  The child grows up angry and won’t accept anything from adults when older.  “You weren’t there for me then and I hate you now.”  These children are often adopted and at an early age may execute the family puppy, confiscate kitchen knives, deliberately vomit all over the main course at supper, try to choke younger siblings and pit the father against the mother by the age of 6 or 7.  There are centers that do have a positive effect on RAD children but they usually require specialized therapy prior to the age of 4 or 5.  Since these children go from foster home to foster home quickly causing terror and havoc, they are often not diagnosed until much older.

An adopted girl from Guatamala came to the USA past the age of effective therapy being possible on a private adoption.  She was the oldest of three adopted children.  It did not take long for the younger two to begin complaining that the oldest was trying to smother them with pillows, choke them, beat them, chase them with harmful objects and suspensions from school began quickly.  For the safety of the younger two, the oldest child was placed in an institution specializing in RAD but it was three states away and costs $25,000 a month.  She was there for several months with no improvement.  After four Emotion Code sessions, she was placed in a transition home and doing much better but not home.  She was able to visit with family on the phone without death threats and yelling.  The younger two are still afraid of her but they can visit and the rage in the oldest is greatly reduced.   Practitioner has lost contact with the family so no update is available.