respite for Attachment Disorder children

Well, I am totally amazed that it has been soooooo long since I have been online. I have another job, but my, 10 months pass quickly. Please bear with me.
I have a wonderful foster/adoptive mom who has done some respite for families - she gets it and what a help for families with children with attachment disorder. they are not able to manipulate the situation and go home worse than before. This is a valid fear many families have.
This is all I'm writing tonite but I wanted to get started again. Please see my website at
TheAttachmentGroup.org.

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