SPD Support Forum

I am considering Adoption and Foster care.

I have been doing a lot of reading up and one very common theme is that children that have had some kind of loss end up with sensory problems (even if they are only temporary until the child adjusts to the loss).

The books call it by different names, but the management techniques are often very similar to what us SPD'ers do to manage our sensory problems.

I just wonder if psychological trauma (like losing your family for one reason or another) could create sensory problems or would they just accentuate ones that were already there.

I've been considering adoption and fostering too. But hubby isn't on board with it. Though it's been a while since we talked about it. MIL of hubby's younger sister does fostering, mostly babies under 2.

I've read that as well. I'm guessing that the loss would just trigger an issue that's already there. The loss might make the child less able to cope with whatever the sensory problem is.

I don't know for sure but I think it's both. If there is already a problem with sensory defensiveness, the stress of loss makes it worse. If there isn't a problem, the stress of loss can cause one. I think the difference is that the stress related sensory defensiveness in an otherwise normal nervous system can resolve completely if treated appropriately. But I'm not an expert this is just the impression I get from what I have read.

Good luck with fostering or adoption. I think the gift of good parenting is the very best gift a person can receive. It is generous of you to consider it.