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Visits could disturb any age person. My son was 3 months when he was removed from the home & visits started at 5 months. He was a mess when we entered the building, during the visit & it took 2 days to get him "back to normal" after visits. Children are very smart & even though they can't use words to describe their feelings they use their actions. My son would become clingy, not sleep & need to be held at daycare- I never had to tell the caregivers when he had a visit - they could tell. Any age child, depending on the conditions of the home, reason for removal ect.. can show trama when forced to sit in a room w/ their bio family (they are not strangers even if it's been a while since they've seen each other) . He would wake up from a dead sleep when he smelled his bio mom & scream. (if I hand him over you could see him breath in & wake up & cry) It took 2-3 months of visits for him to stop the reaction, than he would just sleep thru visits.
Good luck, let the cw or childs atty know the behavior before & after visits & if the child is in daycare I'd get documentation of their observations after visits.
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