Once you bring your child home, a complete medical assessment can help uncover any potential health, developmental or behavioral issues your new family may face. We recommend scheduling a post adoption assessment approximately two weeks after your child's arrival in the United States. In addition to a detailed physical examination, our physicians routinely screen for hepatitis B and C, HIV, syphilis, tuberculosis, rickets, intestinal pathogens, elevated blood lead levels, metabolic disorders and anemia. We offer comprehensive immunization screening to ensure that your child is protected without receiving unnecessary additional shots.

Our experts also screen for developmental delays, often present in children form Institutionalized settings. Detailed developmental tools are used to establish a baseline assessment of development from which to track developmental progress in the coming months and years. A critical assessment of behavior and potential risk of attachment disorder is completed. You and your child's pediatrician will receive detailed recommendations about any interventions your child may need and suggestions on how to best stimulate the child in a new environment.

During the critical post-adoptive period when your child is adjusting to your home, we provide periodic developmental and behavioral assessments to evaluate your child's mental, physical and emotional growth & development. These follow-up visits are done three months, six months and twelve months after the initial visit. The results of these assessments are shared with your child's pediatrician to ensure that your child receives continuity of care.

Families can become involved in a number of research initiatives now underway that are designed to help physicians and families provide the best possible care for children who are adopted from other countries. This important work enables us to learn from one another and our patients - with the hope of improving the care of children, such as your own, in the future.