Justice For Families

Can anyone tell me what they know about attachment disorders?
Specifically I would like to know;
1. The effect on a child with an attachment disorder on a change of residence
2. The effect on a child with an attachment disorder on a change to contact arrangements
3. Whether a child with an attachment disorder is prone to lying

If anyone has any research papers concerning this then could they let me know?

Thanks

Reactive attachment disorder is the one that I've come across. Due to a story in the Daily mail.

Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) is described in clinical literature as a severe and relatively uncommon attachment disorder that can affect children. RAD is characterized by markedly disturbed and developmentally inappropriate ways of relating socially in most contexts. It can take the form of a persistent failure to initiate or respond to most social interactions in a developmentally appropriate way—known as the "inhibited" form—or can present itself as indiscriminate sociability, such as excessive familiarity with relative strangers—known as the "disinhibited form".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_attachment_disorder

If kids are passed from foster home to foster home, they are open to develop RAD.

I'm specifically looking for info on Disinhibited attachment disorder.
Have found loads of info on the net - just now looking for specifics to the questions I have.....cheers x

Hi Fassitangel, are you 100% certain the child has an attachemnt disorder??? The LA said same thing about one of mine, only now it turns out it is almost certain to be PDA, Pathalogical Demand Avoidance, part of the autism spectrum. Those children appear to be telling untruths but it is their cognitive dysfunction which causes it.

Please see the information on the following link. It may be useful, if not it was just a thought.

http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly. ... 81&a=17634

Thanks LM - I'll have a look. Actually there is no diagnosis just yet, but I'd bet my life that this is what they come up with. And to be honest it does fit...very well indeed.

Thanks for the extra info but it doesn't fit at all with the symptoms that the child in question is displaying. Disinhibited attachment disorder seems to fit so well and is so obvious now I know about it. However I'm not so certain that I trust a professional opinion enough to be able to diagnose this condition.

You need someone who can diagnose Attachment disorders.

Was the child under three when he was seperated from you?

Was contact then restriced by the court and Guardian?

If so the disorder arose from disattachment and seperation from yourself. Classical Attachment theory says this occurs from seperation from the mother.

Restoration to yourself should help treat the disrupted attachment.

It is not about my case it's about someone I am helping.

Mother neglected her child, mother never bonded with child, mother left child to fend for itself from a baby. Cries, nappy changes etc were ignored, child left to stimulate itself and left alone on far too many occasions - child was taken around the age of 2 and placed with carers.

Child was placed with carers and the carers are complaining of strange behaviour which fits with attachment disorder which has got worse since father's contact has been reduced and mother's contact has been increased.

Fassit Angels, this is were the social services try in a number of cases to say:
There is an attachment order ie there is no loving bond.
I have a secure attachment quoted by the child shrink.
This did not stop an unqualified social worker placing my son with an NRP with a poor relationship and saying they would support using the theory of .... .
We went on line in social care data bases and read up

There are books second hand to be found on amazon .
A good tip is carespace, see what the rookie SW's are asking about books and theory.

Basically it is a ploy to remove and place a child were there is no bond, they never really attach to anyone else after this barbaric removal from a mother when they have a loving bond.
I red in the adoption site the adoptive parents found the toddlers fussy eaters would not chew food.
The mothers could not eat properly after court. I said would you be able to chew your food after this had happened to you ?

So far no sw has ever mentioned an attachment disorder. However the child is being assessed due to difficulties that this child has. I am 100% certain they will say child has attachment disorder and to be fair it really does fit with the symptoms child is displaying. It makes sense in the context of this case.

Whilst I have been waiting for a diagnosis on this child, I have been wondering what the answers would be to my original post.

The child has got worse since father's contact has decreased and mother's contact has increased.

Child has been in same placement for a number of years and has always had these difficulties. It would appear that the professionals were hoping that the child would grow out of the difficulties the child has. The child hasn't.

I suspect that if the child has an attachment disorder diagnosed within these proceedings that may well be used as a reason for the child to stay in their current placement, even though child has not improved.

RAD checklist
http://www.reactiveattachmentdisordertreatment.com/ssi/checklist.html


Here we are hun, the site I remember and wondered if this was the way forward....

Using the approach offered by The RAD Consultancy, LLC, parents usually find significant improvement in their child's behavior and attitude within four to six weeks, and complete turnaround within months. The consultancy achieves this goal by working with one of the parents (usually the mother, natural or adoptive) rather than working with the child. There is no need for face-to-face meetings. Instead, mothers are coached over the phone in providing their problem child with unique and easy corrective communications. Each week, the counselor suggests a simple act or a communication to deliver to the child.

http://www.radconsultancy.com/

They give a free telephone consultation - so you could opt for this, or ask the other parent to call?? check out the symptoms that way.

It's drug free.
And the Parent has the coaching, not the child.

Thanks - very interesting indeed!

go to Dr Lowenstien's web site he writes alot about this