c6680

Child's name: Jessie
Number: C6680
Birthdate: 7/94
State: Oregon
Listed: June 2007

If you have completed an adoption homestudy and would like to have your information forwarded to this child's worker, contact us.

JESSIE (7/94) is a sweet natured, friendly 12-year-old boy of Hispanic heritage. A handsome young man with dark brown eyes and hair, he loves to learn. And he participates in nearly any sport or activty available to him. Presently, he is training for the Special Olympics, where he will compete in track and field events. Jessie especially enjoys basketball as seems to have natural talent. With adults he is generally compliant, pleasant, helpful and eager to please.

Jessie has shared that he is ready to be placed in his "forever home." While he is attached to his current foster family, he understands that they are a temporary family until an adoptive placement can be found. Jessie has asked his worker,"Do you think someone would ever want a boy like me?" He has expressed a great desire to be adopted by a family who will be nice to him and love him. Jesse is not yet legally free.

Jessie does have stable inner resources and has shown an amazing degree of resiliency and self-control, given the disruptions and losses in his life. From an emotional standpoint, his prognosis is quite good.

Cognitively he functions in the range of mild mental retardation and benefits from having extra academic supports in his classroom, such as ind ividualized instruction in reading, written language, speech and language, social skills, and math. For the 2007-2008 school year, Jessie will be in eighth grade. While he is behind academically, he excells in PE! Jessie is currently doing well with the structure and attention he has in his seventh-grade, self-contained special education classroom, although his teachers do have to remind him periodically to be patient and respectful toward others. Jessie likes to have an agenda and get right to work. He is able to follow school and classroom rules and get along with others. Jessie can be demanding as he worries about missing out or being slighted .

Jessie's mother died when Jessie was six years of age, and he has not had any contact with his father. After his mother's death he lived with relatives for five years. In October 2005, he came into foster care for permanency planning. He has been in his current foster family since November 2005.

Having adoptive folk(s) who understand the needs of pre-teenage boys with developmental disabilities would be wonderful. Jessie could be an only child or the youngest of kids who are a few years older than he is. Of course, he will be counting on his adoptive parent(s) to advocate on his behalf for his educational and vocational training needs and for his counseling needs.

If you are a family that wants to make a difference in the life of a boy who has some challenges and yet some very nice strengths, please call us soon. You’ll be glad you did!

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