The biggest problem for babies exposed to methamphetamine in pregnancy is how beautifully ordinary they look, so by the time signs emerge many treatment opportunities have been lost.
"But when they get behaviourally to four or five years old, their behaviours may look like those of a two- or three-year-old because the higher order areas of the brain haven't developed chronologically at the same rate."
This perceived"change" in behaviour when the child reached school age was confusing for carers, particularly kinship or foster carers now looking after the child. "If you don't understand what is happening in the child's brain and why the behaviours are there, then it is really difficult to parent them in a way that is therapeutic and helpful."
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