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To Adopt or Not to Adopt---That is the question!
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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 107999" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Fullhouse, just some things I thought of when reading through the post here. You would need to get a written committment of what kinds of services would be available to this child from the state. Verbal agreements don't count. I believe that most of the children with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) that have come through our boards have needed very high levels of services--I'm not just talking seeing a therapist and seeing a psychiastrist. We're talking in-home support, therapeutic school settings and not just the local public school, crisis team intervention, and because they don't function well in the family setting many will require residential therapeutic placements. Those placements are extremely costly and insurance companies often have limits on what they will pay. These are the kinds of costs that wipe out savings accounts and second mortgages or sometimes force parents into aborting the adoption to get kids the services they need, unless like Linda you have a high level of services built in. (and if I recall correctly even Linda has been back to court with issues on this). I don't mean to just focus on the funding because there is a child at stake here, but unless you are extremely wealthy or the costs are agreed to be picked up by the state, it could ruin a family financially.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 107999, member: 701"] Fullhouse, just some things I thought of when reading through the post here. You would need to get a written committment of what kinds of services would be available to this child from the state. Verbal agreements don't count. I believe that most of the children with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) that have come through our boards have needed very high levels of services--I'm not just talking seeing a therapist and seeing a psychiastrist. We're talking in-home support, therapeutic school settings and not just the local public school, crisis team intervention, and because they don't function well in the family setting many will require residential therapeutic placements. Those placements are extremely costly and insurance companies often have limits on what they will pay. These are the kinds of costs that wipe out savings accounts and second mortgages or sometimes force parents into aborting the adoption to get kids the services they need, unless like Linda you have a high level of services built in. (and if I recall correctly even Linda has been back to court with issues on this). I don't mean to just focus on the funding because there is a child at stake here, but unless you are extremely wealthy or the costs are agreed to be picked up by the state, it could ruin a family financially. [/QUOTE]
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