“…This study supports previous international research which argues that age at adoption and pre-adoption experience influence a child's post-adoption attachment, adjustment and ongoing development, and these children may need additional assistance at school (Gunnar et al, 2007;Julian, 2013;Rutter, 1998;Rutter, Colvert et al, 2007;Sharma, McGue, & Benson, 1996a;Verhulst, 2000). While some distinctions have been made between the long-term educational and behavioural outcomes for children reared in better quality orphanages in some Asian countries (Dalen, 2002;Tan et al, 2007Tan et al, , 2010, the majority of studies have focused predominantly on the adoption of children from significantly deprived institutions in Eastern Europe (Albers et al,.…”