Adoption

For this assessment, I decided to look into something dear to me: Adoption Child syndrome. My brother and I are both adopted since we were tiny and looking at both of us handle it very differently. I decided to look up some articles and dig deeper into the whole adopted syndrome trauma articles. I have found fascinating information and have only helped me understand more about me and my brother, especially our journeys. I started by looking up what the true definition of Adopted Child Syndrome is and the dictionary definitions it as, "is a controversial term that has been used to explain behaviors in Bauer 2 adopted children that are claimed to be related to their adoptive status. Specifically, these include problems in bonding, attachment disorders, lying, stealing, defiance of authority, and acts of violence" ( Adopted page 1). When reading more profound, I had found many effect adoption has on a child, although most of these would seem to be given., I started going through the list and thought to myself, how much of these do I suffer? The list started with; "loss, rejection, guilt/shame, grief, Identity, Intimacy, and Mastery/control" (Heather Page 1). As I found the article Finding and Working With Adoption-Competent Therapists, I began to read how therapists use many different ways to help adopted children break down their walls. Family Therapy which is: "... therapy seeks to achieve... balance between the needs of the individual and those of the family. The therapist uses sessions to build attachment relationships and improve communication between parents and children" (Children's Bureau page 3). It then goes on to Group Therapy: This therapy allows a small group of clients with similar issues to discuss them together in an organized way" (Children's Bureau page 3). Moreover, the last one that I will be addressing is one that I find very interesting, which is Play Therapy: "Therapists customarily use this form of therapy with very young children, who may not be able to express their feelings and fears verbally" (Children's Bureau page 3). These many therapy approaches were exciting to research and made me think about what if I had been put through this type of therapy and how it would have ended up making me! A child will always will from that trauma no matter how much therapy or resources you give them, but with the right therapist and loving parents, it will help decrease their chances of Adoption trauma. Although my brother and I got to meet some of our birth family over the summer, it still didn't help with all the trauma it put us through with our lives. So far, I feel as if it helped a little bit with the more research I will be doing. I am hoping to find the real conclusion to help with adoption trauma. I will continue to research this topic because, by far, this is my favorite article and helps me think about what topic I want to study in this field that I choose