'special needs'

What does 'Special needs' mean? Click here for one website that helps define it to parents of children who may have this label.

i *think* for it's worth all newly adopted children are 'special needs', at least at first. All of ours are 'special needs' - in that, you just can NOT treat them exactly like any other child. They are at the minimum requiring special modifications in social development, language skills, and cultural expectations.

One requires minor extra help with some physical needs, in the areas of fine and gross motor. He also requires help with speech (sound pronunciation). His language usage (if you can understand him) is excellent for his age.

Another one requires a significant amount of help mentally and emotionally. He does not intake and process 'correctly'. He's an extreme of the 'Bell curve'. Physically he functions within age range. His speech (annunciation) is correct, yet his language (grammar, syntax) is lagging behind.

They all have impulse control issues. Self regulating has not happened yet. Self control non existent. Trust- I do not trust them. I can NOT trust their words, nor the emotions they show. This is not labeling them 'bad kids'. Don't read me wrong. It's like when you want to please a host in a foreign country, you say the food is good, you say you slept well, you say you love the 'local entertainment' when really, it's not 'bad' (or maybe it is) but it's not what you'd choose. Well, it's sort of like that. They are trying so hard (either to please or push away) that TRUE, TRUTH is not shown a majority of the time.