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Taproot issue 50 - December 2005

Labels Are For Jars, Not Children  

Parents usually don’t mean to talk about their children in terms of diagnoses, but it happens sometimes when they want to quickly convey the daily problems they cope with as they parent. Avoid describing children as a series of acronyms such as RAD, ADHD, FAS and EBD. These labels help children qualify for services and give parents a starting point for finding help, but children are much more than their diagnoses.

NACAC Adoptive Parent Leadership Network