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Not really sure what to do...I guess I'm looking for support, ideas, and commiseratio
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<blockquote data-quote="Babbs" data-source="post: 295572" data-attributes="member: 3820"><p>Having worked with many children who were adopted from abroad, I would suggest that you rule out other mental health issues prior to following the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)/Autism spectrum.</p><p></p><p>1. Most of these children spend their formative years in larger centers with minimal human contact and limited opportunities to explore environments (e.g. spend 15 months in a crib without given opportunities to crawl). Minimal human contact would result in attachment disorder difficulties and social delays and minimal movement significantly affects sensory processing development.</p><p></p><p>2. Language issues are often caused by limited verbal interactions with the adult caregivers in these situations and these children are often adopted with minimal exposure to the new language they are learning. Language delays are often a result.</p><p></p><p>Another suggestion for followup - there are physicians who specialize working with children who were adopted from overseas. Often these children have unique medical needs as well as unique mental health issues which psychiatrists aren't familiar with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babbs, post: 295572, member: 3820"] Having worked with many children who were adopted from abroad, I would suggest that you rule out other mental health issues prior to following the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)/Autism spectrum. 1. Most of these children spend their formative years in larger centers with minimal human contact and limited opportunities to explore environments (e.g. spend 15 months in a crib without given opportunities to crawl). Minimal human contact would result in attachment disorder difficulties and social delays and minimal movement significantly affects sensory processing development. 2. Language issues are often caused by limited verbal interactions with the adult caregivers in these situations and these children are often adopted with minimal exposure to the new language they are learning. Language delays are often a result. Another suggestion for followup - there are physicians who specialize working with children who were adopted from overseas. Often these children have unique medical needs as well as unique mental health issues which psychiatrists aren't familiar with. [/QUOTE]
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