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Hope for Healing Attachment Disorder

Hope is finally here for families of children with attachment disorder. Whether Reactive Attachment Disorder RAD or Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder DSED, Orchard [...]

Compassion Enlivens Self-Esteem – Cure for School Shootings

Schools got it wrong. Many parents got it wrong. Self-esteem is not a fundamental requirement for healthy child development. And here is why: Children who build strong [...]

Brain-Based Phonics and Decoding are Key to Early Reading

Teaching reading and literacy to young children works best when using brain-based strategies. The brain loves to learn patterns and link them to things that are real or [...]

Attachment Disorder & Child Therapy Now in Alpharetta GA

Long offering child therapy and intervention around the Metro Atlanta area, Dr. Darleen Claire Wodzenski of Orchard Human Services, Inc. has now opened an Alpharetta location [...]

Wonderful World of STEM / STEAM

Explore the exciting world of STEM / STEAM for children of all ability levels. Dr. Darleen Claire Wodzenski and Ms. Cheryl Safford worked together on a blended gifted and [...]

RAD is a Crazy Disorder

Caring for a child with RAD or any Attachment Disorder can be trying, but seeing the humor is a way to provide a sense of ease to parents and caretakers who are on the edge [...]

Decoding Attachment Parenting

Attachment Parenting is a source of emotional stability and delight for both parent and child. Attachment Parenting is a powerful strategy to promote infant socioemotional [...]

Reactive Attachment Disorder Symptom Map

Attachment disorder is such a serious and complex developmental challenge that the list of possible symptoms and indicators is long enough to fill up an entire map. Parents [...]

Attachment Parenting Regret #1

The term “Attachment Parenting” is relatively new … but the practice of gentle and nurturing parenting to promote development of Human Attachment according [...]

Attachment Parenting: When A Hug Is More Than A Hug

by Darleen Claire Wodzenski, MA ESE, MA CMHC, QPPE, Phd Psychology I read an interesting post today from someone promoting “Attachment Parenting”. The [...]