THE RAD MOVEMENT

Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is a psychiatric disorder that affects children who have been removed from their homes and placed in foster care. RAD is associated with mental health and cognitive difficulties. Research suggests that upwards of 40% of maltreated children who entered foster care develop RAD symptoms, which places them at higher risk for going missing and being trafficked. Once missing, there is a higher risk of them being perpetuated due to their widely misunderstood vulnerabilities. Our team is staffed with subject matter experts, who are trauma informed, to specifically serve this vulnerable and grossly underserved population.

THE STARFISH STORY

An old man had a habit of early morning walks on the beach. One day, after a storm, he saw a human figure in the distance moving like a dancer. As he came closer, he saw that it was young woman, and she was not dancing, but was reaching down to the sand, picking up a starfish and very gently throwing them into the ocean.

“Young lady,” he asked, “why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?“ “The sun is up, and the tide is going out, and if I do not throw them in, they will die.“ “But young lady, do you not realize that there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it? You cannot possibly make a difference.“
The young woman listen politely, paused, and then bent down, picked up another starfish and threw it into the sea, passed the breaking waves, saying, “it made a difference for that one.“

The RAD Movement exist to serve ALL missing and exploited individuals and their families regardless of circumstance

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