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FRANCES (10/96), who is affectionately called Franny, is very likeable. She has a great sense of humor, and her foster mom says she’s a pleasure to be around, especially when she’ happy and in a good mood. One of her teacher’s described Franny as “very sweet and caring.” An active preteen who likes to be busy, Franny enjoys physical activities. She participates on a bowling league with her foster family and brags that she is getting to be quite the bowler. Franny also loves to participate in her Girl Scout troop. She has fun, too, rollerskating, singing, making jewelry, and drawing. Franny likes to do almost any kind of arts and crafts project. In her spare time, she enjoys watching cartoons on TV. Now in sixth grade, Franny enjoys school. After receiving extra supports in Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Math Calculation, Math Reasoning and Writing, she is now functioning at grade level with only minimal services for Writing.

Legally free, Franny came into foster care in August 2001. The multiple placements in foster care may also have exacerbated her feelings of grief, loss, and abandonment, as well as her difficulty trusting.

Franny enjoys attending her weekly counseling sessions and has developed a nice connection to her therapist. The focus for now is on helping Franny learn to trust and increase her relationship and other socialization skills with peers, younger children, and adults. Medication therapy helps her to manage her feeling of sadness and fears about the future when they occur; she is also able to talk with her therapist about such issues.

In her counseling sessions, Franny is able to share when she is upset, and is willing to work on issues. She is aware that she has difficulties and remains open-minded to finding solutions to help her feel better and to be able to develop stronger relationships.

Positive signs for a child who has difficulty trusting are her positive connections to her foster parents and to her therapist. Her foster parents have said that they would welcome the opportunity to be able to assist Franny during her transition into her adoptive family.

While Franny’s worker believes that she will be able to be most successful in a family where she can be an only child or the youngest of much older siblings, her worker also believes that Franny can do well with a mom-and-dad family or a single mom family. Being willing to participate with Franny in family counseling during the adoption transition would be a wonderful way for Franny’s new folk(s) to tell her they love her and are committed to her being part of their family.


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