c7170

Child's name: Bryce
Number: C7170
Birthdate: 6/95
State: Washington
Listed: October 2008, Updated 9/09

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BRYCE (6/95) Bryce is very engaging and enjoys the company of adults and of older kids. Now in the ninth grade, Bryce says he’s getting very good grades so far this year and is ahead in geometry and reading. Musically talented, Bryce plays guitar, piano, bass, and trumpet. He practices a lot and it shows – he’s good! His worker hopes that his adoptive folk(s) will fully support his musical interests with lessons. Bryce says that he would really like to have a dad and/or a mom who plays music, too. Other favorite activities are sports, carpentry, computers, video games, movies, and eating, especially sushi and pizza! Bryce wants prospective parent(s) to know that he has experience in construction cooking, yard work, gardening, and other household tasks, and enjoys earning money.

RECRUITMENT RESTRICTED – Pacific Northwest. Because Bryce has close ties to three older sisters and an older brother and wants to maintain contact with them, he must remain in the Pacific Northwest. Families from Washington and Oregon would be ideal and families from western Idaho and northern California would work well, too. Bryce would actually love to live in or around Tacoma, Washington.

His worker, who calls Bryce one of the most engaging kids he has ever met, says that he is doing very well in his current placement which is a structured, yet relaxed, group foster home for boys.

Bryce, who came into foster care in the spring of 2001, is legally free. He has made great gains in learning to manage symptoms of attention difficulties, high energy, and anger. Having parents and teachers who interact with him in calm, non-judgmental ways is helping him to take personal responsibility for his choices and behavior. He will, however, need a safety plan in place at home and at school that includes a high level of supervision as he continues to strengthen his boundaries.

Bryce has been stable and doing well in his current placement over the past two years. This is a boy who has the potential to be successful. While finding the right motivators will be important, his worker tells us that a huge motivator for him will be having a family to call his own. Bryce wants to be adopted and to have that sense of belonging that only comes when you know you have a family behind you that will hang in there with you through rough patches.

His worker wants to hear only from couples living in the Pacific Northwest who have experience with at-risk youth, and who have a lot of time and attention to parent. Bryce does best when he can be the youngest child in the home with older siblings.

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