Navigating Without a Compass: Tools to Survive the Challenges of an Adopted Child with Special Needs

This is the story of 5-year-old Tyler, adopted from the foster care system, and told through the heart of his adoptive mother. Abused and neglected in his biological home, Tyler developed many defense tactics for coping with his early childhood trauma. He also had intellectual deficits due to his biological mother's use of drugs and alcohol during pregnancy. Tyler was a master manipulator, a survival skill he learned for self-preservation, and he trusted no one. Although his adoptive parent...