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October 7, 2016 Fifteenth Edition
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There are exciting thing happening with the plans for The RADish Ranch!!
As of August 16th we are now a Federal Non-Profit Corporation!
This therapeutic treatment ranch is going to revolutionize the way we treat RAD in Canada and the US, giving families better resources, support, and treatment options.
Read on, folks!
Love, Karen
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A Place for Families to Find HOPE & HEALING
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"Behold, I will bring HEALTH and HEALING;
I will heal them and reveal to them
the abundance
of PEACE and TRUTH."
Jeremiah 33:6
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Bringing you therapeutic treatment for children diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder
Find therapeutic respite, therapeutic parenting training, attachment therapy, family bonding camps,respite worker training, and more!
To be located near Brandon, Manitoba
Serving families from all across Canada and the United States
The dream to build the RADish Ranch started several years ago, after vainly searching for effective treatment and therapy options for children diagnosed with RAD.
The Ranch will fill in this treatment gap by providing therapeutic respite, attachment parenting coaching, therapeutic respite provider training, and family bonding camps, as well as seminars and presentations on RAD and childhood trauma.
The Ranch setting will be a quiet, peaceful environment where families can come to find healing, and to rest and recharge. Children will be in a therapeutic environment that will promote healing and attachment, and give them a chance to build life skills and to learn how to love.
Adoptive, foster, and birth families that have children between the ages of newborn and 17 with a diagnoses of RAD (may be co-diagnosed with ADD/ADHD, FAS, FAE, OCD, ODD, PTSD, ASD), are invited to come to the RADish Ranch to experience life changing moments.
Volunteers and donors will play a huge part in the running of the Ranch. It’s a way to give back to the community and show support to these amazing families.
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The Story of the RADish
One day a young girl diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder was making a card
for her mom. On the front she drew a radish in the shape of a heart, giving
it a face, arms, and legs. When asked who the radish was, the girl replied,
"That's me, I'm the RADish, because I have RAD. Being a RADish means that all the good stuff is buried deep, and I need to work hard to get through all the dirt to uncover it."
-A True Story
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Meet our First Board of Directors
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Karen Poitras;
Founder & Director
Alexandria, ON
Full-time respit worker, owner of Next Generation Attachment, loves all things RAD.
*****
Erik Poitras;
Chairperson
Alexandria, ON
Owner of iTsHULSMASH YouTube gaming, loves corny jokes, and loves helping people out.
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Ange Baerg;
Chairperson
Silver Valley, AB
Full-time Mom to two adorable little kids, totally amazing, and is passionate about helping people.
*****
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“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you HOPE and a FUTURE.”
Jeremiah 29:11
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