c6532

Child's name: Victor
Number: C6532
Birthdate: 2/98
State: Oregon
Listed: 2/07, Updated 2/09

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Legally free, VICTOR (2/98) is a handsome boy with dark hair, brown eyes, and a slender build, whose heritage is Hispanic and Caucasian. Energetic and active, Victor loves to swim and play outdoors. He’s a big fan of remote control cars, toy airplanes, and Spiderman stuff, too. Victor can be very helpful at times. He often asks his foster mom if he can help prepare dinner and is even talking about becoming a chef when he grows up. Victor has been in his present foster home since mid 2004 and clearly identifies his foster mom as one of the most important people in his life. He also has a good relationship with his maternal grandfather and visits with him a couple of times a month.

Victor has grown since coming into alternative care thanks to the support of a terrific foster family and therapeutic supports. His continues to work on developing tools and strategies to handle his feelings more appropriately, curb his impuslive, and strengthen his boundaries. Taking time out alone to calm himself down is one of the ways Victor is able to deescalate and handle frustration. Once he is calm, he can usually talk about what upset him and how he responded, and look at alternative chocies he could have made. At home, Victor benefits from having an attentive adult nearby to redirect him when needed and to help him with problem solving when he gets off track.

In school, Victor is benefiting from being in a small therapeutic classroom program where there is a high teacher to student ratio and a reward system for good behavior. He has made some impressive academic strides in several subject areas. He is encouraged to practice positive behaviors by completing a daily tracking sheet which rewards him at the end of the week with prizes. This has been very helpful. Victor has set a personal goal be mainstreamed into a regular classroom program. Currently, he is mainstreamed for Music and P.E. classes.

Because of past trauma and losses, it is essential that Victor have a very patient adoptive family that will claim him as their own from the get go and provide him with the stability, nurturing, and structure he needs to succeed. He has the capacity to develop relationships, and he longs to have a family where there are adults who truly care for him and won’t let him down.

Victor will likely do best in a loving family where he is the youngest or only child. A potential family for Victor will understand that patience, structure, and consistency are key ingredients in helping him do well. He also needs his family to be able to layout clear expectations and advocate for him for the educational and therapeutic support services he needs. Most of all, Victor needs and wants a permanent, nurturing, stable family that he can call his own. Being committed to a low-key, thoughtful transition period for Victor will be important to helping him become part of his new family.

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