Disclosure Meeting and “The File” For Adoptive Parents of Foster Children.
When families adopt an older, special needs or waiting child from the United State Foster Care system they may assume a great deal of testing and evaluations have been done for the child they adopt. The truth is we are dependant on the system and the people who have cared for our child to pursue these evaluations. Many times children have had very little evaluation or identification of medical or mental health issues. In most cases a child’s records and files are considered confidential until the pre adoptive family has been selected. Foster families generally do not have all the … Continue reading