c7433

Child's name: Sierra
Number: C7433
Birthdate: 9/00
State: Oregon
Listed: June 2009

If you have completed an adoption homestudy and would like to have your information forwarded to this child's worker, contact us.

SIERRA (9/00) has a friendly, pleasant personality. A petite girl with an engaging, easy-going smile, she laughs often. Sierra thrives on one-on-one time with adults and loves to be the center of attention. There is an air about her that radiates intelligence and thoughtfulness, and at times, she can seem older than her chronological years. Sierra loves family pets. Legally free, Sierra came into foster care in 2005.

Sierra has made significant progress over the years with the help of therapeutic resources to help her deal with issues of past trauma, including nightmares, and her feelings of grief, loss, and abandonment. Sierra has the ability to bond and wants to be in a family where she will be safe, nurtured, and secure. She is ready for an adoptive family to claim her.

Sierra’s worker particularly wants to hear from single moms who have more than the usual amount of time and attention to devote to parenting. Her worker also believes that Sierra will respond best to being the only child in the family, or the youngest by several years.

Being willing to participate with Sierra in family counseling during her adoption transition would be a wonderful way for her adoptive parent(s) to show their love and commitment to Sierra. It could also help to underscore for Sierra that her adoptive parent(s) value using therapeutic resources to help family members make behavioral changes and resolve past issues. It is likely that Sierra will need to have such resources as part of her routine support system for the foreseeable future.

To help Sierra be successful in her new family, she needs to have a safety plan in place at home to help her further strengthen her boundaries around adults and children, and to increase her personal safety skills. She also needs to have a very attentive adult close by when out in the community or when she is playing with other children to redirect her as needed and keep her safe.

While emotional and physical volatility were once routine expressions of her past trauma, those behaviors have lessened considerably. Her worker believes that they will continue to dissolve once she is in her adoptive home and has formed attachments.

It will also be helpful to Sierra to have adoptive parent(s) who value education and will see that she has the academic supports she needs to catch up to her classmates. She currently has some academic delays.

Sierra has come such a long way over the past few years. She now needs a committed, permanent parent(s) who will provide the structure, consistency, kindness, and patience which help her feel safe, who will interact with her in non-judgmental ways, and who will provide opportunities for her to experience some control in her life through giving her limited choices. In the family that can help her meet the challenges she faces, and who will celebrate her strengths, Sierra will be a wonderful daughter.

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