c6592

Child's name: Crystol
Number: C6592
Birthdate: 3/96
State: Oregon
Listed: 4/07

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A pretty girl with dark eyes and a lovely smile, CRYSTOL (3/96) would like to have a family who takes pride in her African American and Caucasian heritage and will provide opportunities for her to feel connected to her roots. Crystol, who especially enjoys working with clay, enjoys crafts, art, and science. She also has a beautiful singing voice. She is a good swimmer and likes to spend time with her foster family camping at the lake. Crystol is legally free.

Due to the trauma of her early years, Crystol has benefited for some time from mental health counseling. While she has made progress regarding her feelings about the loss of her birth family and violence that she witnessed, she is just beginning to address her own abuse. Her therapist describes Crystol as a brave girl who is becoming calmer, more open, and committed to working on this difficult issue.

Crystol and her younger sister, who came into foster care together, are being placed separately for adoption due to each child’s individual needs. They will both be counting on their adoptive families to help them maintain contact with one another as they are growing up.

When her previous foster parents were not able to help her adequately deal with her feelings of anger and sadness, Crystol was placed in a residential treatment center, where she was able to develop some self-management tools and learn some healthy ways to express her anger. She made good progress in both areas and has been doing well in her current foster home for the past several months. While there are still times where she’s worried or anxious and becomes angry, Crystol is now better able to understand where those feelings are coming from and more apt to talk with her foster mother or therapist about them. She also takes medication to help her to focus her attention and to better manage her moods.

Because Crystol is working on developing a strong, healthy body, as opposed to focusing on losing weight, he foster parents are providing her with healthy foods and regular opportunities to participate in physical activities.

Crystol attends a small-town elementary school, where she has extra academic supports. She enjoys school and proudly shows off the award she won for self-management skills. Psychological testing has born out the perception that Crystol is more skilled in non-verbal areas than in verbal learning areas. While she still struggles with reading, her skills in that area have improved this school year.

Crystol is placed with foster parents who are very experienced and skilled in working with special needs children. There are six children in the home and the family spends lots of time as a group riding bikes or swimming. Crystol is an affectionate girl who wants to please the adults in her life. Because Crystol has responded in the past with anxiety when placed in a foster home with a father present, this family has been able to work with her carefully on feeling safe and establishing a good relationship with her foster father. An adoptive family will likely also have to put extra attention to helping Crystol feel safe with a father and to develop a positive relationship with both parent(s). Although she enjoys being one of the older children in the home, she will probably do best in an adoptive family where she is the youngest.

The family who adopts this great girl should be prepared to engage in family counseling to help with building a trusting relationship, and setting rules and expectations. They should also be nurturing, experienced and able to understand that Crystol will likely make progress over a long period of time in coming to terms with her past abuse. Ideally, because Crystol will need a good deal of parental time and attention, a family with parent(s) who have foster or adoptive experience but currently no younger children in the home will be the best fit for Crystol.

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