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Parents
Adoptive, foster, biological, and blended parents grinding through survival mode.
Welcome. Start here. // Transmission since 1992
Dr. RAD™ The Attachment Code Breaker™
Crack the code. Reboot the bond. Elevate the whole house.
If you are new, this is the launch pad. You are in the right place if you are done spinning in Reactive Attachment Disorder chaos and ready for the decode.
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34
Years
In the work
In the work
Dr. Franklin Edward Shoemaker, PhD, LMHC-QS, and Tonya A. Sharrett-Shoemaker, MA.
Clinic + Classroom. Since 1992.
00 // The lie you were sold
It is not just
bad behavior.
It is a trauma loop.
If the house is stuck in outbursts, push-pull, and shutdown, stop buying the lie. After 34 years decoding it, from the clinic and the classroom, this is the unfiltered line: trench-tested, evidence-based, faith-anchored hard resets. Attachment reboots. No sugarcoat. No “try harder.”
01 // Who this serves
The ones holding the line.
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Educators
Educators and school leaders stuck in the school spin-cycle.
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Clinicians
Mental health professionals tired of the caseworker shuffle.
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Faith Leaders
Faith leaders stepping into the foster fog.
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Advocates
Community advocates done with system fails.
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Anyone
Anyone who wants evidence-based, faith-anchored fire for the kids and teens who need it most.
02 // What drops here — the long arc
SNAPPED.
PHASE 01Survival circuitry has overridden attachment circuitry.
SHIFTED.
PHASE 02The loop interrupted, in the home, the classroom, and the parent’s own history.
SOLID.
PHASE 03Not a cured child. A secure base that holds after the crisis leaves the room.
03 // The day on that arc
Z.A.P.
Z
Zero-in.
Names the attachment fact.
A
Activate.
The jolt. One truth the nervous system can hear.
P
Propel.
One move, finished the same afternoon.
No magic wand.
04 // What you get
The payload. No fluff.
- [01]Trauma-informed clinical truth
- [02]Evidence that holds
- [03]Research receipts without fluff
- [04]Faith-anchored hope
- [05]Tools for the real house
- [06]The classroom read from the teacher who has the child in seat three
05 // Start here — explore the files
Pick a file. Break the code.
- 01Understanding trauma in children and teens.What is actually hijacking the system.
- 02What attachment difficulties really look like.Past the surface.
- 03How maltreatment shapes attachment.Straight from the 2016 dissertation.
- 04SNAPPED. SHIFTED. SOLID.The arc from rupture to repair.
- 05ZAP. Zero-in. Activate. Propel.The day you can actually finish.
- 06Faith, resilience, and the family system.Redemption that does not skip the wound.
- 07Trauma-sensitive parenting tools.How to stop the push-pull.
06 // How to use it
STEP 1
Subscribefor the weekly decode.
STEP 2
Comment.Do not do this alone.
STEP 3
Usethe resources page.
STEP 4
Hand a postto the parent, teacher, or leader who is still guessing.
You are not failing.
The code was never cracked for you.
07 // Why subscribe
This is where the code breaks, and the family can breathe.
Free
Free
Stay decoded. Stay armed.
- Weekly insight posts. Trauma echoes, connection glitches, bond breaks, survival mode, and the flip. Anonymous case notes from the work. Faith-anchored reframes.
- Research decoded. No jargon. What the data actually says about early maltreatment and trust crashes, and the move for the home, the office, or the classroom.
- Sunday ZAP. Jesus Matters ZAP. Verse, Zero-in, Activate, Propel. Scripture and attachment science as partners, not rivals. Redemption is real inside the loop.
- Early access to new series on trigger points, attachment reboots, and workshops.
- A seat at the table. Parents, clinicians, teachers, and faith leaders. No isolation. No quick fix.
Paid
The Codebreaker Vault
All of the free fire, plus the arsenal.
- Premium deep dives on RAD, adoption trauma, nervous-system hijacks, and family healing. Clinical precision. Classroom translation.
- Research decodes and meta-analysis notes from 34 years of attachment work, including the 2016 dissertation spine.
- Professional tools. Guides, checklists, and hard-reset playbooks for homes, therapy rooms, classrooms, and faith teams. Editable files. Citations. A Propel step you can run the day you download it.
- Behind-the-scenes commentary. System blind spots. The daily grind. Why it hits the way it hits.
- Priority Q&A. Bring the trigger point. Get an evidence-based, faith-anchored response.
- Private threads. Parents and professionals who get it. No judgment.
- Mission support. Paid subscriptions fuel Mr. Ed’s Circle of Trust: low- and no-cost trauma-informed counseling, adoption-competent parent coaching, professional training, and faith-community programs.
Founding & Sponsor
Founding & Sponsor
You are not only subscribing. You are funding the decode.
- Name or organization on the Founding Codebreakers wall, if you want it there.
- Quarterly briefings on the latest files, emerging research, and the next play.
- First look and input on new resources and series.
- Private virtual roundtables with the authors and leaders in attachment and trauma work.
08 // The codebreakers
The Clinic
Franklin Edward Shoemaker, PhD, LMHC-QS
- > Attachment Focused Clinician
- > Nationally Certified TF-CBT Therapist
- > Nationally Accredited Adoption Clinician
The Classroom
Tonya A. Sharrett-Shoemaker, MA
- > Florida Certified Professional Educator
- > ESE K-12, Elementary, and ESOL
- > Medulla Elementary, 2024 Teacher of the Year