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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 386658" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I have a different perspective as I've adopted seven times (twice it didn't work--one of those times being that the child had been eleven and already too deeply damaged to live in a family...he was dangerous).</p><p>Now...was this child who was adopted exposed to drugs or alcohol while the birthmother was pregnant? That is probably the #1 reason that many adopted children have problems...damage before birth. Alcohol can cause fetal alcohol syndrome, which are a bunch of behaviors due to the ingested alcohol causing problems with the brain. It isn't a phase and is not always able to be helped as it is brain damage. It really depends on how badly the damage is. And drugs, which go with alcohol, often cause disorders such as autism, impassivity defiance, misfiring in the brain. You can not assess an adopted child the same as a non-adopted child as his genetics are his birthparnts. The more you know, the easier it is to figure out what is going on. I personally doubt he has attachment issues. Sounds like he has the typical problems that almost all drug exposed/alcohol exposed children have. A neuropsychologist WHO IS FAMILIAR with adopted kids and drug/alcohol exposure should assess him. If your friend is 100% sure that he was not exposed to a ny substances, I'd still do a neuropsychologist test. Many of us feel they are the best at figuring ikds out. You can't think of him as you would other children. He is different and probably doomed to be different by his birthmothers behavior before his birth (and maybe genetics).</p><p></p><p>I would test him for Prader-Wille Syndrome. My son, who also can't stop eating, was tested for that. These kids can not control their appetites. My son was also adopted and exposed to drugs and alcohol in utero and he is on the uatisim spectrum</p><p>Welcome to the board, but we really need to know more history to give good advice <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 386658, member: 1550"] I have a different perspective as I've adopted seven times (twice it didn't work--one of those times being that the child had been eleven and already too deeply damaged to live in a family...he was dangerous). Now...was this child who was adopted exposed to drugs or alcohol while the birthmother was pregnant? That is probably the #1 reason that many adopted children have problems...damage before birth. Alcohol can cause fetal alcohol syndrome, which are a bunch of behaviors due to the ingested alcohol causing problems with the brain. It isn't a phase and is not always able to be helped as it is brain damage. It really depends on how badly the damage is. And drugs, which go with alcohol, often cause disorders such as autism, impassivity defiance, misfiring in the brain. You can not assess an adopted child the same as a non-adopted child as his genetics are his birthparnts. The more you know, the easier it is to figure out what is going on. I personally doubt he has attachment issues. Sounds like he has the typical problems that almost all drug exposed/alcohol exposed children have. A neuropsychologist WHO IS FAMILIAR with adopted kids and drug/alcohol exposure should assess him. If your friend is 100% sure that he was not exposed to a ny substances, I'd still do a neuropsychologist test. Many of us feel they are the best at figuring ikds out. You can't think of him as you would other children. He is different and probably doomed to be different by his birthmothers behavior before his birth (and maybe genetics). I would test him for Prader-Wille Syndrome. My son, who also can't stop eating, was tested for that. These kids can not control their appetites. My son was also adopted and exposed to drugs and alcohol in utero and he is on the uatisim spectrum Welcome to the board, but we really need to know more history to give good advice :) [/QUOTE]
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