Adoption: Impacts of prenatal substance exposure and adverse in utero experiences, with Dr. Bledsoe

Julia Bledsoe, M.D., is a board certified pediatrician at the Pediatric Care Center at UWMC-Roosevelt and the Center on Human Development and Disability at UWMC and a UW professor of General Pediatrics. She also works as a faculty pediatrician at the UW FAS (fetal alcohol syndrome) Clinic, the longest standing FAS center in the US. Dr. Bledsoe specializes in adoption medicine: the care of children and families touched by adoption. She strives to create active partnerships with her patients to achieve the best possible outcomes. Dr. Bledsoe earned her M.D. at the UW. She lectures and teaches on topics related to international and domestic adoption, especially as these overlap with fetal alcohol syndrome. In this video we discuss the impacts of substance use and trauma on a child's development in the context of risk factor decision making during the adoption process and understanding how to support your child going forward.