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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone investigated the possibility that your niece may have fetal alcohol exposure?  In my experience with older child adoption (i.e., adoption of a child who is not an infant), people are very quick to label behaviors as stemming from reactive attachment disorder when they actually stem from the way prenatal alcohol can affect the brain.  FASD is a medical condition.  When we started understanding and treating our son from that perspective, his behaviors improved.  (getting the right medications helped as well).[/quote]

Has the child been diagnosed with RAD or are you diagnosing the child?  RAD means the child cannot form attachments to the primary caregivers so that isn't about the child being rough or violent with your child and could be something else.  It could be FAS or drug exposure or was abused in the early years.

However, while this poster is right to get a better diagnosis and treatment,  your sister knows this and don't offer suggestions except if they ask.

If you are looking for yourself, maybe talk to CASE but we didn't have  good experience with them.[/quote]

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