Adoption Competency: How to Distinguish Normal Developmental Challenges from Adoption-Trauma Behaviors

from On and Off The Spectrum · host Dr. Esther Hess and Dr. Ann Kirsch

Dr. Esther Hess and Dr. Ann Kirsch together discuss the complex issues of how adoption trauma often manifests itself as maladaptive survival strategies, with guidance for differentiating these maladaptive behaviors from age-appropriate developmental challenges. Stay in touch!This podcast is a conversation, and we’d love to hear from you. If you have questions, topics you’d like us to explore, or are interested in being a guest on a future episode, email us at [email protected] / Writer / Author: ROSSANO GENTILI - SIAE IPI: 161539866

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