Parents of children who have been diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) often face a challenging dilemma. They are faced with parenting children who often respond from an orientation of feeling unloved and mistrustful of their caregivers. The purpose of this study was to develop a detailed description of the story of four such parents. A multi-case qualitative design and constructivist and coping theoretical frameworks guided the investigation. The constant comparative method of analysis was used to develop three core categories that described the subtitles of parent's experiences. Parent's quotes were used to further embellish the findings. The findings include parent's experiences in recognizing RAD behavior, their response to this behavior, and advice and recommendations they would share with others dealing with this diagnosis. Parents described their child's behavior, resources and methods they used to cope, and had both encouraging and critical reflections of their experiences. / Master of Science

In my thesis I work with main topic which is: parents experiences with their children transition on elementary practical school. My work is devided on practical and theoretical parts. In theoretical part I deal with these topics: parent of a child with a disability, experience of parents with special education system, relationship with the school and the knowlege. I show my own research in the empirical part of my work. I used qualitative research method semi - structured interview with three mothers whose children are studying or have studied at the practise elementary school. I talked to parents about experience with school attendance of their children. The aim of my thesis was to better understad the experiences of parents whose child went from regular basic school to practical basic school. Key words: elementary practical school, parents experience, child with handicap, relationschip with the school