Enlisting and providing support

·         Questions you have with which your colleagues may be able to provide help and support:

Is there anybody else that is nervous about presenting their Advocacy Action plan? I am nervous but excited as well because I believe that not a lot of people know about Reactive Attachment Disorder. I believe that teachers need to know the signs of the disorder so they know which assessments that they need to do on the child. Once they do the assessment they can start the referrals that the child may need.  

·         Resources and information you are seeking:

•           A.D.A.M., Inc., 1997-2013, Reactive Attachment Disorder.                               http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001547.htm  

This resource gives us interventions that we can use on children that have Reactive Attachment Disorder.

•           Becker-Weidman, A. (2005). Treatment for children with Reactive Attachment                                Disorder: Dyadic development psychotherapy. http://www.center4familydevelop.com/research.pdf   

This resource gives us some of the assessments and interventions that we can do on a child that has Reactive Attachment Disorder.

•           Clearinghouse, E. (1999) Assessments for young children. http://www.ldonline.org/article/6040/  

This resource explains the assessments that teachers need to do.

•           Andrea Barkoukis, M.A., Natalie Staats Reiss, Ph.D., and Mark Dombeck, Ph.D.( 1995-2013), Reactive Attachment Disorder Assessment and Treatment. http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=14511&cn=37  

This resource tells us what assessments that teachers can do on children that they believe have Reactive Attachment Disorder. It’s also shares the treatments that can be done on children.

•           Ms. M a special education teacher. (n.d.). My classroom feels like a war zone taken hostage by a child dictator. Reactive Attachment Disorder. Retrieved from https://sites.google.com/site/radeducator/home/typical-attachment/rad-theory/classroom-strategies

·         Resources and/or information you have found helpful and insightful:

1.         The Arc Adams County http://www.arcadams.org/resources/resources.html#: On this site it can help families with many different services. There is support groups and resource guides.

2.         Illinois Department of Human Services. http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?module=12&officetype=&county=Adams  : This site gives a list of services that people can get for just about anything.

3.         Therapists in Adams County. http://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms/county/IL/Adams.html : This gives you a list of therapists so families can get it started.

4.         Transitions of Western Illinois. http://www.twi.org/about/  : Transitions can help with anything that the family or child needs.

 

These sites help the families get the services that their child needs. It is helpful to families to get the services so their child can improve in the area that needs help.