Kealan loves music and playing with water

Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child currently in foster care awaiting adoption.

Kealan is a sweet and animated 9-year-old boy.

Kealan loves flipping the pages of his favorite board books. He loves to tap on objects and listen to the different noises they make. Kealan enjoys music and being part of the activity of other children of all ages. He loves bouncing on a trampoline on his back. He loves water in sensory tables, pools, and the bathtub. Kealan is mobile and able to navigate playgrounds. He has recently started to enjoy slides and navigate them on his own.

Kealan uses eye contact, vocalizations, touch, and some symbols to communicate throughout the day. Kealan has a great sense of humor and loves to be playful. He enjoys the structure of his schedule including school and time at home. Kealan is usually happy to go places in the community even if it is just running errands and he likes to be active. While Kealan likes routine, he is also flexible and can be spontaneous. Kealan has a way of sharing his sense of humor with those around him and his laugh is infectious!

Kealan’s social worker is looking to place him with a family that is able to meet his needs and help him thrive. A family would need to be able to keep up with Kealan’s many medical and developmental appointments and help advocate for him in school.

Kealan has a great sense of humor.

Can I adopt?

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.

As an adoptive parent, you won’t have to pay any fees, adoption from foster care is completely free in Massachusetts.

The process to adopt a child from foster care includes training, interviews, and home visits to determine if adoption is right for you. These steps will help match you with a child or sibling group that your family will fit well with.

To learn more about adoption from foster care visit www.mareinc.org . Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE) can give you guidance and information on the adoption process. Reach out today to find out all the ways you can help children and teens in foster care.