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ADAM (8/95) does very well with male figure – men whom he can respect and who interact with him in fun, caring ways. Adam has an almost unlimited list of favorite activities, but at the top of that list is soccer! Adam takes pride in his skills on the soccer field. He also enjoys collecting (cards, etc.), going to garage sales, fishing, being outside, eating good food, and riding in cars. His love of playing video games allows his foster parents to use them as rewards to reinforce good behavior.

When asked who his significant others are, he named five different sets of neighbors, his foster parents, his activity therapist and his wife, his case manager, and God.

Adam continues to grow and develop emotionally and socially with many successes along the way. Through weekly mental health counseling, he is gaining a better understanding of his emotions and is more able and willing to express his feelings and thoughts through words instead of acting them out.

Another important component of his treatment program is medication therapy, which helps lessen his symptoms associated with attention difficulties and high energy, as well as behaviors related to past neglect and trauma.

Adam also participates in age-appropriate activity therapy three times a week. His long term goals are to increase his social skill and his expressions of feelings in healthy ways.

Because Adam will need such therapeutic supports for the foreseeable future, having adoptive parent(s) willing to participate with him in family counseling during his transition into his new home could be a wonderful way for them to show their love and commitment to him. It will also be important for his new folk(s) to be highly supportive of his counseling and medication therapy.

Adam, who is in seventh grade, has academic supports to address some learning difficulties, as well as behavioral supports.

Adam says he doesn’t care if his new family is a single parent or two-parent home. What he really wants is to be with people who are “nice, kind, and loving.” He also says that he would enjoy having one or two siblings and a family dog. Of course, a family that enjoys soccer would go way up a notch in his estimation.

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