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TEST 5: CHILDREN WHO ARE ADOPTED

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True or False, Multiple Choice, or Short Answer

1. Children who are adopted are usually different from children who are
not adopted. Most will have emotional issues. T or F ________
2. Special needs children are those who may have physical problems,
mental/emotional problems, are older than newborns, are a member of
a sibling group, or have a history of maltreatment. T or F ________
3. Parenting a maltreated child is no different than parenting a newborn.
T or F ________
4. A special needs child may require a parent with plenty of emotional,
physical, mental, and financial resources. T or F ________
5. Parenting children with special needs is rewarding. T or F ________
6. Write five difficulties children adopted from State or Province Foster
Care systems may have.

• Genetic and birth defect syndromes


• HIV infection
• Inadequate immunization
• Long bone and rib fractures
• Poor dental hygiene or multiple caries
• Poorly controlled chronic illness
• Prenatal exposure to cocaine, alcohol, and narcotics
• Sexually transmitted diseases
• Shaken baby syndrome
• Chronic respiratory disease
• Lead poisoning
• Sleep disorders
7. Handicaps are not punishments for sin of parents or the handicapped
individual, but a mortal state. Those with these limitations will not
remain so after the resurrection. They also come with special gifts to
be shared with others. T or F ________
8. Write six qualities one would need to parent special needs children.

9. Parents of special needs children are strong. They require little support
physically and emotionally. Their energy is limitless and they can carry
on without break or rest. They are special parents. Write why this
statement is false.

Please answer the following questions, even if you do not plan to parent a
child with special needs. Write short answers as your own statements. Do
not cut and paste from the internet sources.

10. How would you parent a child with Attention Deficit Disorder or
Hyperactivity and Attention Deficit disorder?

11. How would you parent a child with Oppositional Defiant Disorder?

12. How would you parent a child with Separation Anxiety Disorder?

13. How would you parent a child with Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder?
14. How would you parent a child with Depression?

15. How would you parent a child with Attachment Disorder?

16. How would you parent a child with Sensory Processing


Disorder/Sensory Integration Dysfunction?

17. What is a learning disorder?

18. What is inter-country adoption?

19. Adopted children have trouble growing up healthy and successful


because of the factors related to their adoption. T or F _______
20. All teenagers deal with identity issues to some extent during
adolescence, adopted or not. T or F _______
21. Adopted teens are as happy as biological teens, if not more so. T
or F _______
22. The largest weakness in families of adopted children is that both
parents do not openly talk about adoption. T or F _______
23. Explain why talking with your child openly about adoption is
important to their self concept.

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