c7560-62

Child's name: Faith, Morgan and Michael
Number: C7560-62
Birthdate: 3/03, 7/04 and 9/06
State: Oregon
Listed: September 2009

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FAITH (3/03), MORGAN (7/04), and MICHAEL (9/06) are delightful. This trio of full siblings will bring tons of energy, excitement, and joy to their adoptive family. The children, who are very bonded and clearly love one another, will be placed together. Faith is very outgoing, engaging, and talkative. She loves hanging out with adults and being helpful. Singing and dancing are her favorite pastimes. Morgan has a quiet, sweet disposition and enjoys cuddling. She loves playing with dolls and loves everything to do with "princesses". Michael happily plays with his sisters and or by himself. He loves toy cars and trucks. These three kids loves dogs and cats and are used to having pets.

Faith has benefited greatly from the firm and consistent parenting of her foster parents. She continues to make gains in learning tools and strategies to deal with frustration. She seeks lots of attention, and needs parents who can help build her self esteem while assisting her in strengthening her boundaries, especially around adults. Faith is very intuitive and likes to place herself around adults when she senses something is going on. A typical oldest child, Faith can be motherly or bossy toward her siblings but also protective. She may need reminders that her role is to be a child. Faith misses her birth mom, and her adoptive folks need to be able to help her work through feelings of loss and grief.

While Morgan is a quiet, somewhat reserved little girl, she is very observant of her environment. Her quiet nature may mask her underlying needs as well as makes it easy for her to slip into the background. She needs parents who can help her feel safe, loved, and nurtured, and who will help her to exert herself. While she’s made great strides in being direct and telling people what she wants, she still needs coaching. She will need love, patience, and time to settle into a forever family.

Michael, too, has a gentle, rather quiet personality and is very observant of his environment. He watches what is going on before he’s comfortable joining a group or activity. A darling boy, who just turned three, he seems more like two than three. Despite being behind peers in his development, his test scores were too high for early childhood services. While in the temper tantrum stage, Mikey responds to redirection and accepts limits. Mikey will most likely need extra supports during his adoption transition.

Faith and Morgan came into care in August of 2006. By April 2008, Mikey was placed with them. They were then in their father's care, returned to foster care and their original placement in early 2009.

The return to foster care resulted in a school change for Faith. Although she was behind her peers in her new class, by the end of the year, she had made tremendous gains in her school work and ability to stay on task. Faith currently performs at grade level. Morgan is now in kindergarten and Michael is not yet of school age.

The biggest challenge for these kids will likely be separating from their long-term foster family. All three have strong attachments to them, and it is expected that they will experience grief and loss when they have to say goodbye. The foster parents are committed to helping Mikey, Faith, and Morgan and their adoptive family throughout the transitions. Other challenges include the children competing for parental attention.

Two parent families for whom children are family are priorities, and where these three can be the only children or the youngest are encouraged to call. Parents who can be strong role models and who interact with patience, nurturing, and firmness will meet the children’s needs best. All three children need clear rules, firm boundaries, and consistent follow-through on consequences.

Mediation will be requested on behalf of the birth parents and extended family. The children also need to have contact with their long-term foster family. Faith and Morgan also have a relationship with an older half-brother, and everyone will benefit from contact being maintained with his adoptive family. The status of a new born half-brother is unclear at this time. If he remains with the birth parents, then contact with this child will be beneficial for his siblings. A family who is willing to have pictures up for a period of time of birth and foster family would be especially helpful to the children.

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