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Kailub,
Age 10
Meet
Kailub, a friendly and charming 10 year-old boy
with startling brown eyes accented with long
eyelashes. Kailub is of medium build and is very
healthy. He can crack a joke and make someone
laugh at any time. Kailub's wit can light up a
room and spark conversations with others well
beyond his years. Kailub is very smart and witty
but has the innocence of a boy who wants to know
about the world and is open to new experiences.
Kailub spends his free time playing his
Nintendo DS, taking care of his pet lizard
Spencer, building amazing Lego creations and
participating in gymnastics. In addition to
gymnastics his other favorite physical activities
include riding his bike and swimming. He has also
played baseball in the past. Most recently Kailub
has expressed a strong interest in learning to
play the violin and having opportunities for
growth through other artistic endeavors. Those
around Kailub feel he has particular strengths in
building and an engineering career awaits him in
the future; however Kailub currently has his eyes
set on a career as a pet store owner. Either way,
opening the doors of possibility and exploration
towards whatever he chooses to do or be in life
will go a long way in ensuring success with this
young man.
Kailub's greatest joy in life is
taking care of his pet lizard Spencer. Kailub has
developed a strong sense of responsibility in his
care for Spencer. As of late Kailub has been
particularly interested in learning how to breed
lizards and would like to learn how to build an
incubator at home for this purpose. Kailub has
been reading vigorously on this topic and projects
such as this would be a fantastic opportunity for
Kailub to not only build on his knowledge of
animals but to strengthen his relationship with
his adoptive parents.
Kailub can be
affectionate and caring with the people he knows
and loves. His face lights up when he sees someone
he cares about and he will offer hugs. He enjoys
communicating with adults. Kailub is very
inquisitive and likes to know all about the world
around him.
Kailub is a hearty eater with
favorite foods being spinach orange chicken,
chicken legs, candy (of course) cheeseburgers, and
especially corn bread. But beware, as asparagus,
celery (not even with peanut butter he adds) and
raw tomatoes are likely to elicit the ''eww!''
face from Kailub.
Kailub has been let down
by many adults over the years and it may take time
for him to feel completely safe and attached to an
adoptive family. Kailub needs parents who are
willing to take the time to work with him and
advocate for him. Kailub will enjoy an active
family to play games and go places with. He will
need creative interventions for his behaviors
especially in the area of pro-social communication
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Christopher
Chris
is searching to find the place where he belongs
and is in need of a permanent family who can help
him grow to his full potential. Chris has a medium
build. He has short light blonde hair and light
grey-blue eyes. Chris loves swimming, riding his
bike, skateboarding, and anything Poke'mon. Chris
is a huge fan of the L.A. Lakers basketball team
and his favorite basketball player is Kobe Bryant.
Chris has been through a lot of hardship in his
early life and as a result, has some special
needs. However, Chris is an intelligent,
fun-loving, curious, and appealing little boy with
the potential to grow into a wonderful young man
if given the love and commitment that a permanent
home can provide.
Chris has two younger
half siblings, who are also in foster care. Chris
lived with his younger brothers before they were
removed from their mother's care. Chris has weekly
therapeutic visits with his brothers in the
therapist's office. Chris is bonded with his two
brothers and it is very important to him that he
continue this relationship once he is placed with
his adoptive family. In addition to sibling
contact, it would be beneficial to Chris if his
adoptive family was open to maintaining some level
of contact between Chris and his birth mother and
maternal grandmother.
It will be important
for Chris to have adoptive parents who have a good
grasp of how past abuse, neglect and exposure to
unsafe situations can impact a child's
development, sense of well being, and trust. It
will also be important for the family to have
ongoing participation in therapeutic services to
help Chris overcome emotional and behavioral
hurdles. The family chosen to adopt this wonderful
boy will need to be patient and capable of earning
a child's trust, and will need to be able to allow
Chris to bond and attach on his own individual
timeline. A family that will reach out to Chris
and express love and commitment, even when he is
slow to express it back, will be able to help
Chris the most. Parenting Christopher will be
challenging, but will also be richly rewarding as
he continues to grow and
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Sparkling
eyes, charming smiles and beautiful singing
voices! These adorable siblings need an adoptive
placement that can capitalize on their strengths
and interests as well as meet their unique and
varied needs.
Amara is a beautiful girl
who is tall and thin for her age. She is
Caucasian and African-American. Amara is
outgoing and chatty. She loves arts and crafts,
coloring, puzzles, and anything where she can
work with her hands. She has fallen in love with
working in the garden. Her favorite animals are
horses, pits, and worms. She is involved in Girl
Scouts, church, Sunday school and her church
choir. She and her siblings have beautiful
singing voices and Amara has sung both a duet
and a solo at church. Amara likes playing with
dolls, basketball, running, and climbing. She is
very social and likes to be around others. She
enjoys spending time with the neighbors' horses.
Her favorite colors are white, red, pink, blue,
purple, and black. Amara likes to put together
funky and fashionable outfits and beams when she
is praised on her fashion choices.
Ethan
is a handsome and sturdy preschooler who appears
older than his age. Ethan has Hispanic,
African-American, Caucasian, and Native American
ancestry. He is noted for his bright smile and
hearty laugh. Ethan likes to play out in the big
backyard of his foster home on nice days. He
rides scooters, little bikes, plays with sticks
and rocks, swings, and climbs the play
structure. Inside he can now sit through a movie
and enjoys cartoons. He loves his farm set,
dinosaurs, fire trucks and ambulances. At school
he enjoys tactile toys like the rice table,
puzzles, playdough, and flubber. He has started
to engage in pretend play and likes to dress up
like a cowboy or a ladybug. He enjoys physical
attention and being cuddled by adults he trusts.
Ethan, like his sister, has a beautiful singing
voice and responds well to
music.
Jomie'lei (pronounced Jaw-mee-lay)
is an adorable little girl noted for her pretty
smile, soft cheeks and great curls. She goes by
the nickname Tuca. Jomie'lei is Ethan's full
biological sibling and they share the same
multi-racial ancestry. Jomie'lei is very
fun-loving and gregarious. She has a happy
temperament. She likes to climb and is very
active. Like most toddlers, she loves to explore
her environment. She LOVES shoes. Her foster
parents have to put shoes out of her reach
because she will find them and eventually put
them on (often tracking mud on the carpets). She
will say ''Dis my shoe-y, dat my shoe-y.'' She
loves food and if someone has something to eat,
she is their best friend and will flirt with
them saying ''my bite?'' hoping they will share.
She loves to color and will color longer than
Amara. She can be distractible. She has a pretty
singing voice like her siblings. She loves her
foster father and is very much a daddy's
girl.
The children have a good bond with
their biological mother and enjoy spending time
with her. They do not have relationships with
their biological fathers. Their birth mother is
currently working to have the children returned
to her care but would likely be interested in
mediation for some amount of openness with an
adoptive
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Meet
Kimberly and Breanna, two energetic and fun
girls who enjoy being silly. Kimberly, who goes
by Kimmi or Kim, has short brown hair and
beautiful dark brown eyes. She loves playing
games, reading, and playing sports (soccer and
basketball in particular). Breanna has large
blue eyes and short brown hair with bangs.
Breanna's interests include playing board and
card games. She also enjoys being active and
playing outside. Both girls love to eat sweets.
Kimberly would select sugar cookies as her
favorite food and Breanna specifically chose
''sugar on candy'' as her favorite
food.
Kimberly and Breanna have a strong
bond with their biological father, and were
visiting with him on a regular basis both in the
foster home and community prior to October of
2009. The girls also have a very good
relationship with their paternal grandparents,
who were visiting the girls on a weekly basis
prior to October of 2009. Since the disruption,
their biological father has sent them gifts for
Christmas and their paternal grandparents have
been writing to them on a regular basis as well
as sending various holiday gifts. In person
contact has not occurred yet due to the girls
needing to stabilize but will be looked at in
the near future. Ongoing contact of some form is
recommended for the girls.
Kimberly is a
very sweet child and tries hard to please
people. She is usually happy and tries to be
helpful to those around her. Kimberly is a
social child and has numerous friends at school.
She easily attaches to her caregivers and enjoys
giving and receiving hugs.
Breanna is an
energetic slender child who enjoys smiling. She
has been noted to be affectionate and enjoys
giving and receiving hugs.
Kimberly and
Breanna will need to continue in therapy after
they have transitioned to an adoptive home. They
need an experienced family with a large amount
of patience that is open to utilizing resources
and following treatment provider suggestions. A
family that is open to ongoing contact with the
biological family will also benefit the girls.
Kimberly and Breanna are two sweet and wonderful
girls eager to be adopted by a family that is
willing to commit to caring for the girls on a
long term
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Family
Support Meetings:
Daytime
Meeting Adults Only (no childcare) at:
AFFEC
880 Beltline Rd. Springfield, OR
97477
Evening
Meetings (Location TBA):
April
22nd: 6-8pm
May
13th: 6-8pm
May
27th: 6-8pm
We
are currently looking for a space that both
adults and children can meet in the same
building. If you know of a location, please
contact lisa@afamilyforeverychild.org
We
Also ask that you RSVP so we can plan
appropriately. We do have speakers lined up for
some of these meetings, if you have a topic you
would like more information on, please contact
Lisa. |
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