This episode is primarily relevant to consumers and professionals.

In this episode, R. Trent Codd, III, Ed.S. interviews Marolyn Morford, PhD about Reactive Attachment Disorder. Specifically, they discuss:

• What Reactive Attachment Disorder is
• Difficulties with the RAD Diagnosis
• What Attachment is
• The weak relationship between attachment treatment and attachment research
• The dangers associated with many of the “specialized” treatments for RAD
• “Thinking Errors” that lead clinicians and parents to make faulty conclusions about extreme behavior problems
• Effective treatments for extreme behavior problems

MAROLYN MORFORD, PhD BIOGRAPHY

Marolyn Morford is a clinical and developmental psychologist with over 25 years of experience working with individuals in a variety of contexts. Dr. Morford is past president of the Central Pennsylvania Psychological Association, a member of the American Psychological Association’s Division 53 (Clinical Child Psychology), Pennsylvania Psychological Association’s (PPA ) Committees on Ethics, Continuing Education, the Practice-Research Network, PPA’s E-newsletter and is chair of PPA’s Child Custody Committee. She has testified before legislative committees and in several Pennsylvania counties (Allegheny, Blair, Bucks, Centre, Clinton, & Mifflin) on child related matters. She likes summarizing current research to the public to increase awareness of development, behavior, and emotional health needs of children and adults.