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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 449991" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>The big difference in these kids and others are that they were probably exposed to alcohol before birth and had very chaotic early years. Those are HUGE. A neuropsychologist or specialist who understands complicated adopted kids (because this is just like a foster care adoption as far as issues go) would probably be better than somebody with no experience with drug exposed/early deprived children at all. Sadly, many professionals don't understand the harm of alcohol in utero or neglect in the early years and many of us spin our wheels forever trying to get the right kind of help. </p><p></p><p>In a way, those adopted out of foster care have an edge because their new parents expect them to have issues, they often already have some services in place, and foster/adoptive parents don't have to think "How did somebody in my family do this to this child?"</p><p></p><p>If respite is available, I certainly recommend it. I'd call social services to see what is available. We all need time to just relax.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It's not easy. Keep us posted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 449991, member: 1550"] The big difference in these kids and others are that they were probably exposed to alcohol before birth and had very chaotic early years. Those are HUGE. A neuropsychologist or specialist who understands complicated adopted kids (because this is just like a foster care adoption as far as issues go) would probably be better than somebody with no experience with drug exposed/early deprived children at all. Sadly, many professionals don't understand the harm of alcohol in utero or neglect in the early years and many of us spin our wheels forever trying to get the right kind of help. In a way, those adopted out of foster care have an edge because their new parents expect them to have issues, they often already have some services in place, and foster/adoptive parents don't have to think "How did somebody in my family do this to this child?" If respite is available, I certainly recommend it. I'd call social services to see what is available. We all need time to just relax. It's not easy. Keep us posted. [/QUOTE]
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