[arubagirl]

We are going to a bonding evaluation with our FD next moth. as we hope to be adopting her . she has been with us for almost a year... not sure why they need to see how she is bonded to us, since the case worker sees us every week . but what ever it takes. any one else ever have one? what do they do?

[msgypsylee]

I went through one a few months ago. Basically the therapist just wants to see how your FC interacts with you. They can tell how bonded you are by the childs responses to you. Don't sweat it. I was so nervous before mine and it was a piece of cake.

[vernellinnj]

My bonding eval went well too but I do know of a scenario where a child was w/ a family nearly a year and not bonded.

Just be yourself, take with you photos that you've taken over that last year. My 200+ picture photo album proved helpful during my eval - showed that the child was not only bonded w/ me but certainly was a part of my family, community, school, church, etc.

Good luck

[piglets]

We had to have one prior to trial and now we are asked to have one with our fd.. The family never showed up for visitation so I asked what is point obviosly with our son he never 'met' them since he came to us at 3months old and never saw them again yet we had bonding eval at 2yrs.. I was told it is just better for case when they go to trial just to have more info on our side. All we did was play he was more interested in the toys then us but they really were looking at his response to us and if we needed to correct him how we handled it..Just be yourself you will do fine. .

[arubagirl]

Thanks I am going to bring some crafts stuff and little toys she likes to play with in a bag in case they dont have anything she is interested in. I figured if I left the room they will see how bonded we are

[arubagirl]

Well we had our meeting today all went well.. the guy was really nice and said everything seemed great... one more thing to check off the "list"

[RandomReality]

Oh that's great! I am happy for you!