Shifting Your Perspective

Shifting Your Perspective

-- A Parent's Guide --

Parents with children who have a trauma-related disorder, such as RAD, can use this guide for help:

  • Moving past conflict and aggression
  • Shifting perspective toward compassion and understanding
  • Tracking patterns of behavior to better avoid them, or cope more easily when they do
  • Clarifying sources of parental support for dealing with day-to-day realities
  • Focusing on your strengths as a parent

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