The RADish Ranch has partnered with a fantastic group of Reactive Attachment Disorder professionals to bring you family bonding camps in 2024!
Our team of Camp Leaders include:
- Karen Poitras – therapeutic respite provider and parent coach with The RADish Ranch
- Teresa Guerard – attachment therapist
- Michelle Valenzuela – psychologist (Mexico) and respite provider with Illume Childhood
- Paul Holder – parent coach
- Anne Yoder-Groff – respite provider and speaker with Heart to Home
- Trevor Groff – therapy dog handler and tech support for Camp Attach
What is Camp Attach?
Camp Attach is a week-long family camp that provides parents with tools, techniques, and support to help heal their children with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). Children learn and practice new behaviour techniques, and spend time bonding with their parents. Healthy siblings who display Respectful, Responsible, and Fun to be around behaviour get to join a special Crew and spend the week in guided activities and games!
The camp staff spends the week teaching parents about trauma, RAD, and therapeutic parenting; helping children in the intervention room to work on behaviour interventions and learn new skills; and running family learning and bonding activities.
Key goals of camp include:
- Creating positive family memories
- Learning and using strategies developed using brain science and behaviour interventions
- Learning the keys to bonding and attachment
- Providing support for parents
- Providing after camp and follow-up care
Upcoming camps
Branford, Florida: March 3rd – 9th 2024 —Successfully completed! 10 families found HOPE and HEALING!
Fulton, Missouri: May 24th – 30th 2024
—Contact Michelle Valenzuela: admin@ilumechildhood.org
Clinton, Illinois: June 30th – July 6th 2024
—Contact Michelle Valenzuela: admin@ilumechildhood.org
Branford, Florida: September 15th – 21st 2024
—Contact Teresa Guerard: 407-739-7211 (text preferred), teresaguerard@gmail.com
Lancaster, Pennsylvania: October 29th – November 4th 2024
—Contact Anne Yoder: anneyoder.2019@gmail.com
*spots are limited at each camp, so register soon to ensure your family can attend!
For more information contact us at info@campattach.org
Who should attend?
The whole family! Everyone in the home is affected by RAD and Camp Attach works to provide each member with the support and care necessary for the healing and growth of the whole family.
Listen to Pat, a therapeutic father, talk about the benefits of camp and how it helped provide him with the new tools he needed to bring hope and healing to his family: