The first time I read this book, I didn't like it. Then I read it again, then again. We have 3 adopted children. This book is a must read for any prospective adoptive parent or post adoptive parent. This is such an important issue, and has helped us to help our children. Our family has benefitted greatly from this book.
The ATTITUDE that they book describes is VERY important. RAD kids and AD kids need to be handled in a different way. Many thanks for a great book.

This book came highly recommended by our son's Theraplay/RAD therapist! It is one of the "bibles" in regards to the cause and treatment of Reactive Attachment Disorder, and facilitating attachment in newly adopted children, or in traumatized foster children. The first several chapters give the parent great insight into the thought processes of the child, that develop from infanthood, as a result of early trauma and neglect! You literally are takien inside the mind of the child! We found this insight invaluable to understanding why our 14-year-old adopted RAD son does what he does! We recognized the thought processes and subsequent behaviors, in the child in the book, as being pretty much identical to our own son. This was of GREAT help in our "RAD" journey.

Anyone considering this book should read it BEFORE adopting or foster parenting, to prepare themselves proactively. This way, they can understand the issues of trauma/neglect/attachment, decide if they are "cut out" to handle an unattached child, and then can do activities in the book to facilitate attachment as soon as the child arrives!

This was one of many books I have been reading regarding attachment. This book had my sons name written all over it. I am a mother of a foreign adopted son with many issues ahead. This has by far been the best one I have found. It showed examples of problems along with a recommended solution to correcting the behavior. We are now seeing some much needed changes in our household. I highly recommend this selection.