Supporting Families Impacted by Reactive Attachment Disorder

We see you. You are not alone.

Salvo provides post-adoptive families with resources, advocacy, and financial support when the road forward feels overwhelming.

Your suppport helps families access life-saving trauma-informed care they otherwise could not afford.

Adoption Doesn’t End When a Child Comes Home

For many families, that’s when the hardest battles begin.

Some children come home carrying invisible wounds. When trauma begins in the earliest years of life, it can shape how a child's brain responds to safety, trust, and connection. Often diagnosed as Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) or developmental trauma, these children may remain wired for survival—even when they are in a loving home.

Many have experienced foster care, institutional care, international adoption, orphanage settings, medical trauma, or early neglect. The effects of early trauma can shape daily life in profound ways long after a child comes home.

Traditional parenting strategies often fall short. Insurance rarely covers the specialized care families need, and qualified trauma-informed providers can be hard to find. Parenting in this reality requires more than love. It requires specialized, trauma-informed support.

Many families face this crisis alone.

Salvo exists so they don’t have to.



Why Salvo Exists

Salvo was born out of lived experience, and the realization that too many families were fighting these battles alone.

Like many adoptive families, we asked the same questions parents ask every day: Where do we turn? How do we keep our family safe? Who understands this?

Our founder began navigating the realities of parenting children who had experienced significant trauma long before they ever came home through adoption. Along the way, it became clear how few resources and how little specialized support exist for families once the adoption process is complete.

As connections grew with other parents facing the same struggles, one thing became undeniable: families were searching for guidance, community, and trauma-informed support—and too often finding none.

Salvo exists to help answer those questions and ensure families don’t have to face this journey alone.

Salvo serves as a second line of support for adoptive families facing severe post-adoption challenges.

What we help fund and facilitate:

• Specialized training
• Trauma-informed therapy
• Crisis & safety planning
• Parent and sibling support
• School & IEP advocacy
• Therapeutic placements
• Financial assistance for specialized care

Most of these services are not covered by insurance.

Salvo steps in so families don’t have to choose between safety and financial strain.

What Salvo Does

Why Your Support Matters

Adoption is often celebrated when a child comes home. But for many families, that is when the real battle begins. Most of the therapies and stabilization services children with developmental trauma require are not covered by insurance. Your support helps families access therapy, crisis care, and specialized services.

This is real help for real families in real time.

Your generosity directly helps families access therapy, crisis care, and stabilization support when no other options exist.

A Path Forward

Support, information, and hope—every step of the way.

Salvo connects adoptive families to trusted, resources while also providing financial and advocacy support. Whether a family is seeking guidance, crisis help, or long-term stabilization, they don't have to walk this road alone.

Two Ways to Connect With Salvo

Two Paths. One Mission.

Some visitors come to Salvo looking for help. Others come looking for a way to help. Wherever you are on the journey, you’re in the right place.

We’re here to support families navigating post-adoptive challenges — and to invite others to stand alongside them.