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Attachment therapy? What is it? Do all adopted kids need it?
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<blockquote data-quote="pepperidge" data-source="post: 401812" data-attributes="member: 2322"><p>Linda and others--thanks for weighing in. Do I think we have attachment issues--I would seriously doubt it given the environment these kids have had from day 1. They seemed pretty attached as babies and toddlers to me and within generally normal behavior aside from impulsiveness and total lack of speech of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) kid. Though at adolesence and with all their antics sometimes I have to wonder what goes on in their brains and whether they love us at all. I suspect I am not the only one to wonder that. But I think my kids problems' have been pretty circumscribed to some pretty specific areas and that with appropriate medications and modifications in their environments we have made tremendous progress. </p><p></p><p>Linda if it is not too personal can you give me a general idea of what a therapist might do in attachment therapy that is different than other therapy--I have read about the controversy with Evergreen ? etc but am curious if that is what it is all about or whether there are other schools of thought on what actually is attachment therapy.</p><p></p><p>Thanks you all for validating my sense that the SD has overstepped its boundaries on this one. The other thing the FBA lady wanted to know was about what medications he was on what the side effects were when they were changed (perhaps not out of bounds since we did tell the SD that we thought some of his bizarre behavior in DEc was to bad side reaction) but then she made a comment about how kids need medication adjustments in puberty. Maybe it was just a general comment but I am afraid that I inwardly reacted to that comment as if we were not on top of his medication game. Now I have been living in the psychiatrist office this fall ...lol. </p><p></p><p>Now my job is to convey my reactions in an appropriate and professional manner that does not get me labelled as a defensive b####. Actually feel like you all have helped by telling me that my reactions are not out of line. Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pepperidge, post: 401812, member: 2322"] Linda and others--thanks for weighing in. Do I think we have attachment issues--I would seriously doubt it given the environment these kids have had from day 1. They seemed pretty attached as babies and toddlers to me and within generally normal behavior aside from impulsiveness and total lack of speech of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) kid. Though at adolesence and with all their antics sometimes I have to wonder what goes on in their brains and whether they love us at all. I suspect I am not the only one to wonder that. But I think my kids problems' have been pretty circumscribed to some pretty specific areas and that with appropriate medications and modifications in their environments we have made tremendous progress. Linda if it is not too personal can you give me a general idea of what a therapist might do in attachment therapy that is different than other therapy--I have read about the controversy with Evergreen ? etc but am curious if that is what it is all about or whether there are other schools of thought on what actually is attachment therapy. Thanks you all for validating my sense that the SD has overstepped its boundaries on this one. The other thing the FBA lady wanted to know was about what medications he was on what the side effects were when they were changed (perhaps not out of bounds since we did tell the SD that we thought some of his bizarre behavior in DEc was to bad side reaction) but then she made a comment about how kids need medication adjustments in puberty. Maybe it was just a general comment but I am afraid that I inwardly reacted to that comment as if we were not on top of his medication game. Now I have been living in the psychiatrist office this fall ...lol. Now my job is to convey my reactions in an appropriate and professional manner that does not get me labelled as a defensive b####. Actually feel like you all have helped by telling me that my reactions are not out of line. Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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