Nutrition in Adoption and Foster Care | Homes4Good
I recently received a posting from Empowered To Connect that reminded me of the importance of nutrition in adoption and foster care. When we bring children into our homes, they may have experience a significant level of trauma around food. They may have experienced significant deprivation. They may have preferences for things that we do not eat. They may react by refusing to eat, by overeating, or by hoarding food. These issues can become areas of concern and conflict as we try to provide health diets for our children.
In addition, much of the food that is currently available in our area of the country may not do a good job of providing children with healthy nourishment. I am reading more and more about food additives and Genetically Modified Foods that makes me concerned about food that I previously believed to be healthy. I want all our children to have good quality food that will nourish their body and mind. I want to find food sources that will help adults to maintain a healthy weight and full energy.
The following website http://adoptionnutrition.org/ will provide you with information about healthy nutrition for adoptive and foster children. These children may have special nutritional needs based on the way they were fed during early childhood. The website has a good deal of information that is focused on international adoption, but there is plenty of good information for those of us who are involved in domestic foster care and adoption.
Dr. Karyn Purvis, PhD, has created a video clip on the Empowered to Connect Website, called "Engaging Food Battles with Connection in Mind." This video clip addresses some of the emotional issues around food and ways that parents can better understand their children's food issues. http://empoweredtoconnect.org/engaging-food-battles-with-connection-in-m...
Developing healthy eating patterns is a crucial part of becoming a healthy adult. Please take some time to view Dr. Purvis' presentation and to checkout the adoption nutrition website.
If you would like to have training credit for this blog, please create a menu for potential use in your home that would provide sound nutrition for your family. If you are experiencing challenges in getting your child to develop healthy eating patterns, please share some of your concerns with your family case manager. I look forward to seeing your menu plan and a paragraph about eating issues in children that you are or have parented. My email address is lforsyth@homes4good.org
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