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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 275479" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Any child who was adopted and has a drug using mother in my opinion needs to be intensively tested by a neuropsychologist AND neurologist, but the neuropsychologist is very important. If she didn't say "no" to crack, she didn't say "no" to alcohol. Alcohol in utero can do far more harm than even cocaine. There is something called fetal alcohol spectrum and these kids sort of have swiss cheese thinking--they may remember something one day, forget it the next. They have serious learning disabilities and trouble understanding right from wrong. Therefore, they do the same wrongs over and over again and don't really "get" why they are being punished. Less severely, they can have autistic spectrum disorder (my son does) or other neurological quirks and problems or mental health issues that they inherited from their genetic tree (birthmother and birthfather). Do you have information on them? This will help a neuropsychologist.</p><p></p><p>medications probably won't fix the problem. Some may be permanant, depending. I'd definitely get a workup. We got every test under the sun for our son, even genetic testing to see if he inherited anything that was giving him autistic symptoms. He is pretty lucky for a crack/alcohol affected kid, but he still has his issues. These kids are different than kids who were born to us, therefore knowing what we put in our bodies while pregnant and what is on both sides of our family trees. It often takes a long time to figure the kids out. If they are alcohol affected in any way, this is organic brain damage. They need to be in a supervised environment. It does not sound like your child is that severe, but she does seem to have been affected by her birthmother's pre-natal choices.</p><p></p><p>Welcome to the board!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 275479, member: 1550"] Any child who was adopted and has a drug using mother in my opinion needs to be intensively tested by a neuropsychologist AND neurologist, but the neuropsychologist is very important. If she didn't say "no" to crack, she didn't say "no" to alcohol. Alcohol in utero can do far more harm than even cocaine. There is something called fetal alcohol spectrum and these kids sort of have swiss cheese thinking--they may remember something one day, forget it the next. They have serious learning disabilities and trouble understanding right from wrong. Therefore, they do the same wrongs over and over again and don't really "get" why they are being punished. Less severely, they can have autistic spectrum disorder (my son does) or other neurological quirks and problems or mental health issues that they inherited from their genetic tree (birthmother and birthfather). Do you have information on them? This will help a neuropsychologist. medications probably won't fix the problem. Some may be permanant, depending. I'd definitely get a workup. We got every test under the sun for our son, even genetic testing to see if he inherited anything that was giving him autistic symptoms. He is pretty lucky for a crack/alcohol affected kid, but he still has his issues. These kids are different than kids who were born to us, therefore knowing what we put in our bodies while pregnant and what is on both sides of our family trees. It often takes a long time to figure the kids out. If they are alcohol affected in any way, this is organic brain damage. They need to be in a supervised environment. It does not sound like your child is that severe, but she does seem to have been affected by her birthmother's pre-natal choices. Welcome to the board! [/QUOTE]
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