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Adoption Needs
Public Group active 2 months, 4 weeks ago agoDid you adopt a child with special needs? Has your child been affected by adoption – and you need extra support? Topics such as trauma and seperation, grief and loss, and general support around helping your child process their life stories can be found here!
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Marythemom posted on the forum topic Desperately seeking input… in the group
Adoption Needs: 9 months, 2 weeks agoMy children are more like MaMere in their issues (dual diagnoses – bipolar, RAD, ADHD, low IQ…), and that causes major issues because they have so many reasons to act out and be violent. I can’t emphasize enough that you need to start addressing the violence ASAP. Your child is hitting puberty and will be [...]
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MaMere posted on the forum topic Desperately seeking input… in the group
Adoption Needs: 9 months, 2 weeks ago@krysblake Krys I UNDERSTAND!!! Our 11 yo started becoming physically aggressive about six months ago, also coinciding with puberty. She doesn’t have CP, but she has FAS, RAD, a low IQ, long history of abuse (physical and sexual) amongst a number of other things, from the bio home. This girl is 15 pound lighter than me [...]
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Chiana posted on the forum topic Desperately seeking input… in the group
Adoption Needs: 10 months, 1 week agoalthough i have no experience with cerebral palsy, i do have some experience with an aggressive child. my 3 yr old was just diagnosed with a few special needs one of them being disruptive behavior disorder… we are living overseas with NO services for her and she was just put on valproic acid because of [...]
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Julia Roberts started the forum topic Desperately seeking input… in the group
Adoption Needs: 10 months, 1 week agoTo quote Krys, a new community member: Hello. I am mother to an adopted child with Cerebral Palsy (mild), J came to live with us when he was 4 1/2. He is an adorable kid with a great sense of humor and caring….most of the time. Now while J had many traumas that led him [...]
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Krys Blake posted an update in the group
Adoption Needs: 10 months, 1 week agoHello. I am mother to an adopted child with Cerebral Palsy (mild), J came to live with us when he was 4 1/2. He is an adorable kid with a great sense of humor and caring….most of the time. Now while J had many traumas that led him to being adopted out, needs not met with b-mom and Foster parents. We have little knowledge of his past or his…[Read more]
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Marythemom posted on the forum topic Adoption Reading Challenge 2001 in the group
Adoption Needs: 1 year, 4 months agoThis looks like fun! I think I’m going to participate. Thanks for posting.
Mary
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Andy Drouin started the forum topic Adoption Reading Challenge 2001 in the group
Adoption Needs: 1 year, 4 months agoCheck out Firemom’s adoption blog “Chronicles of Munchkinland” and join in the year long adoption reading challenge. http://thechroniclesofmunchkinland.com/2010/12/28/adoption-reading-challenge-2011/ There are different levels to suit everyone’s availability.
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Krys, I’m going to start a topic for you so we can get all of this in a thread instead of on the wall and cut and paste your issue, okay?