Cole is a friendly, easy going 13-year-old boy of Caucasian descent.
He is described as a funny teenager who gets along well with both children and adults. Cole is athletic and loves playing football and basketball. He also enjoys riding his bike and playing video games.
Cole is a seventh grade student who has many friends. He is a smart child but he is struggling in school this year. He was recently tested for special education services and now has an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) to help with academics.
Cole has had many losses in his young life and he struggles with feeling abandoned. He currently attends individual therapy and meets with a therapeutic mentor weekly. Therapy should continue once a permanent family is identified.
Cole is legally freed for adoption and can be placed in a home with a mother and father or single mother. He should be the youngest or only child. He will need a family that supports his relationship with his half-siblings. The court has ordered sibling visitation four times per year.
A family also will need to be patient as it will take Cole time to form a trusting relationship with a new family.
Can you provide the guidance, love and stability that a child needs? If you’re at least 18 years old, have a stable source of income, and room in your heart, you may be a perfect match to adopt a waiting child. Adoptive parents can be single, married, or partnered; experienced or not; renters or homeowners; LGBTQ singles and couples.
The process to adopt a child from foster care requires training, interviews, and home visits to determine if adoption is right for you, and if so, to help connect you with a child or sibling group that your family will be a good match for.
To learn more about adoption from foster care, call the Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE) at 617-54-ADOPT (617-542-3678) or visit www.mareinc.org.
This article was prepared by MARE.