There are all different kinds of therapy that foster children need and can benefit from. Sadly to say it is not always easy to get them the therapy and help they need. At times you will finally get the therapy lined up, and before you know it, they are being moved to a family placement or a different foster placement. I have found that it is easier to use one therapy company that offers different kinds of therapy, it is quicker to get referrals and start the process. Also you need to talk with your doctor about your concerns and that you would like them to get evaluated. Your doctor will have to give recommendations or a prescription for the child to be evaluated and receive services (my doctor will give the prescription when I make the child’s first doctor appointment over the phone). This is when it is nice to have a good doctor that knows you and values what you think a child needs. It is possible for the doctor to start the child in the evaluation process for therapy before seeing them. Since this process can take time, this can get you a little head start.

Speech therapy is needed a lot in foster children due to the neglect that they have suffered in life. These children start their very beginning existence sometimes with so much stacked against them (poor nutrition during pregnancy, smoke, drugs, alcohol). Children benefit from interaction and to be spoken to from their parents during the early months of their lives. This is how children learn to communicate, without this they need speech therapy to get them back on track.

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