Summary: 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 received a B.A. in French Language and Literature, then tossed away her frivolous life and pursued a PhD from the University of Chicago in Educational Psychology, Committee on Child Development, becoming licensed in psychology practice. She has received clinical training in hospital, community, and school contexts, is licensed in Pennsylvania as a psychologist, and listed in the National Health Register of Service Providers in Psychology. She is past president of the Central Pennsylvania Psychologist Association, a member of the American Psychological Association’s Division 53 (Clinical Child Psychology), the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapists, Pennsylvania Psychological Association’s Child Custody Task Force, Committee on Ethics, Continuing Education, the Practice-Research Network, and chair of PPA’s E-newsletter. She has over 25 years of experience working with children and their families as well as young adults. Besides her clinical practice, at the Center for Child and Adult Development in State College, she enjoys consulting to schools, groups and individuals providing direct care, and giving presentations to professional and community groups to increase awareness of human development, behavior, and emotional health needs
