A friend shared this article with me talking about treatments for attachment disorder. Internationally adopted children are at risk for attachment disorder because of the many caregivers most of them experience before homecoming. Not all internationally adopted children will be challenged by attachment disorder. The article suggested, however, that about one in five will.

The biggest challenge in dealing with a child with attachment... more

When you talk to adoptive parents who have just brought home kids, one of the problems that will be mentioned over and over again is sleep. Often, probably in the majority of cases, newly arrived kids will have problems sleeping. This applies to 8 month olds AND 8 year olds. When you think logically, it makes sense. These kids have been moved to an entirely different world. New sights, sounds, smells, activites, and people. Almost nothing is the same.

Think about when you’re worried about something. During the day you can often block out the worry by keeping busy. But then you go to bed... more