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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 407844" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi, hon. Welcome to our safe haven. I have four adopted children, one adopted from a birthmother who drank and abused drugs. He's seventeen now and doing better than we ever expected.</p><p></p><p>Obviously your son's birthmother drank, so... have you taken him in to see a neuropsychologist or developmental pediatrician? He could have some damage due to her alcohol use during pregnancy and that doesn't respond well to normal discipline, behavioral therapy, or many medications.Do you have a good psychiatric history on both of his birth parents? If so, you may have some idea of what he inherited. </p><p></p><p>Most of our kids do not do well with behavioral therapy. Our k ids are wired differently and often act up worse when we try to implement the methods that the therapists suggest (often with therapists blaming us for not doing it right...yeah, sure). in my opinion the first thing you should do is have him closely evaluated by a neuropsychologist (they do up to ten hours of intensive testing) to see if alcohol has caused any damage or if it is something else. Did she use drugs? </p><p></p><p>After the neuropsychologist evaluation, then you can make more informed decisions on the best way to handle him as well as the psychiatrist having a better idea of what types of medications may help him. He may also benefit from Early Childhood Education...my son that we adopted at two started Early Education at three. Before that he'd been in Occupational Therapist (OT), PT, and social skills through the county and it helped him.</p><p></p><p>Did your child have any delays? How does he do with his same age peers? How is his eye contact with strangers? Do transitions set him off? You mentioned he is stressed being around other people. That reminds me of my son.That's even hard for him now. He is on the autism spectrum, which is common in kids whose birthmothers used drugs and drank (hey, it's better than fetal alcohol syndrome/effects!). I would definitely be thinking about autistic spectrum disorder. Not saying he has it, but he has red flags.</p><p></p><p>We are here for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 407844, member: 1550"] Hi, hon. Welcome to our safe haven. I have four adopted children, one adopted from a birthmother who drank and abused drugs. He's seventeen now and doing better than we ever expected. Obviously your son's birthmother drank, so... have you taken him in to see a neuropsychologist or developmental pediatrician? He could have some damage due to her alcohol use during pregnancy and that doesn't respond well to normal discipline, behavioral therapy, or many medications.Do you have a good psychiatric history on both of his birth parents? If so, you may have some idea of what he inherited. Most of our kids do not do well with behavioral therapy. Our k ids are wired differently and often act up worse when we try to implement the methods that the therapists suggest (often with therapists blaming us for not doing it right...yeah, sure). in my opinion the first thing you should do is have him closely evaluated by a neuropsychologist (they do up to ten hours of intensive testing) to see if alcohol has caused any damage or if it is something else. Did she use drugs? After the neuropsychologist evaluation, then you can make more informed decisions on the best way to handle him as well as the psychiatrist having a better idea of what types of medications may help him. He may also benefit from Early Childhood Education...my son that we adopted at two started Early Education at three. Before that he'd been in Occupational Therapist (OT), PT, and social skills through the county and it helped him. Did your child have any delays? How does he do with his same age peers? How is his eye contact with strangers? Do transitions set him off? You mentioned he is stressed being around other people. That reminds me of my son.That's even hard for him now. He is on the autism spectrum, which is common in kids whose birthmothers used drugs and drank (hey, it's better than fetal alcohol syndrome/effects!). I would definitely be thinking about autistic spectrum disorder. Not saying he has it, but he has red flags. We are here for you. [/QUOTE]
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