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Came across this and wanted to post::banana:
An on-line petition is being sent to the US Department of Human Services, Child and Families and every state Governor's office. The petition was started today and can also be found at Change.org entitled: Post-Adoptive support for Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder. It is asking for the following:
A - Pre-Adoptive families to be informed of Reactive Attachment Disorder in the same manner that child abuse and neglect is presented, including but not limited to videos and presentations regarding signs, symptoms and treatment options.
B - Post-Adoptive family attachment support.
C - Post-Adoptive Reactive Attachment Disorder treatment, escalated to the highest levels of care to ensure the best possible outcome for these children readily affordable.
D - For the safety and welfare of the adopted child, the ability for a family to relinquish their parental rights as expeditiously as possible when they realize that they are unable to parent said child, without fear of prosecution.
Please support us. Many families are in crisis without enough support.
You may find the petition here: [url=http://www.change.org/petitions/the-governor-of-all-post-adoptive-support-for-children-with-reactive-attachment-disorder]Health Petition: Your Governor: Post-Adoptive Support for Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder | Change.org[/url]
Please lend your support and pass this petition to other mental health practitioners, foster / adoptive parents and pediatricians. RAD is sometimes invisible because the worst behaviors occur behind-closed-doors in the home. The families suffer and so do the children.
Signed!
I would like to see mandatory family therapy for anyone adopting a child over the age of 2! Help the family with attatchment! They make you wait 6 months to file an adoption petition. Why not spend those 6 months getting the family off to a good start.
I promise you if we had that in the beginning we would be in a very different Place today.
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