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ISAIAH (9/99) is high-energy boy who needs adoptive folk(s) who have lots of time and attention to parent and nurture him. Isaiah blossoms when he can count on having daily one-on-one time with a parent or other significant adult. A family that shares Isaiah’s love for animals and for regular outdoor activities would be a great start. Isaiah also has an interest in how things work and likes to tinker with mechanical things and take them apart and put them back together. Encouraging and praising this kind of “learning” activity and helping him to increase his “tinkering” skills could be a nice way to boost this youngster’s sense of self worth.

In the care of his current foster family, where his needs for time and attention are being nicely met, Isaiah has formed bonds with his foster mom. Isaiah also has important relationships with his birth siblings and an aunt and her husband and children.

Legally free, Isaiah first came into care in November 2003. It is likely that he was exposed prenatally to parental substance abuse.

Isaiah’s rough early years, multiple placements in foster care, and lack of permanency have exacerbated his symptoms of attention difficulties and high energy, as well as residual effects of past trauma. Having a permanent family will be the essential key to helping Isaiah move forward, but he is also going to need to have the support of mental health counseling on an as-needed basis for the foreseeable future and medication therapy to help him manage his emotional and behavioral issues.

The focus of his counseling and his medication therapy is to help him become more willing and able to talk about what is going on for him and how he feels, develop healthy ways to express his feelings of anger, loss, and abandonment, increase his ability for self control, and increase his social skills.

He also has additional behavioral and academic supports at school through an individual education plan.

It would be very helpful for the folk(s) chosen to adopt Isaiah to have a good grasp of how early neglect amidst parental substance abuse can impact a child’s sense of well being and safety, as well as his emotional and behavioral development. A good grasp of the needs of children exposed to alcohol and drugs in utero would be helpful, too. If you want to help a terrific boy turn his life around and become the best that he can be, please give us a call.

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