"Children who are adopted from social service agencies like Child Youth and Family Services (CYFS) often have histories of complex traumas. The vast majority of these children have experienced ongoing abuse and neglect and present with an array of internal and externalizing behaviors that are misunderstood by many health professionals. They are labeled hyperactive, moody, irritable, stubborn, oppositional and defiant. Sadly, what really are trauma reactions are inaccurately identified and treated ineffectively as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression, bipolar, separation anxiety, reactive attachment disorder, oppositional defiant disorder or conduct disorder."
http://tlcinstitute.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/adoption-awareness-trauma-informed-practitioners/
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