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We have been looking at hopeful adoptive daughter (ad) for almost 7 months now from a profile we found online. In may we got some information not all but some information on her,. She's 13 and we found out that she has been diagnosed with Bipolar....due to depression. Also in the past she has been very aggressive with foster families...she has had 14 placements.
We met her on 1.5 weeks ago during an adoption festival. The girl that we met did not show any signs of the information that we received on her actually total opposite. I thought i was going to be meeting this hurt damaged girl and she was strong, sweet, kind she articulated herself very well, she was mature...at first she was very guarded stayed with her social worker the whole time but as we kept coming around and asking her questions...she started to open up.
I wanna ask the seasoned foster or adoptive parents...what should i be looking for that will give me red flags about her.
Hubby and I had a good feeling about her in our gut. It felt so naturally us being around her and then when we had lunch with her, she opened up even more...other adoptive parents there even commented and said that we already looked like a family.
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Saw her profile on 12/1/2013 :love:
Started orientation Jan 2014
Licensed on 5/1/2014
Met her on 6/21/2014 :love:
Awaiting our pre-placement conference:woohoo:
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Is she diagnosed with RAD? I have to RAD kiddos..foster parent for 8 years..and have had 30 kids come in my home.
My daughter would be sweet etc upon a meeting ..that's how they charm you..but once they get settled in is when you have to watch out. 14 placements is ALOT... Was she ever hospitalized? In RTC? Feel free to pm me.
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