Introduction

K’Lonie is an active teenage girl known to be a girly girl who loves getting her hair and nails done and experimenting with makeup. She also enjoys taking photos and watching videos and graphics relating to her interest. K’Lonie likes listening to music and humming along to the songs.

K’Lonie currently resides in a residential-educational program consisting of staff who support her special needs. She is meeting her target goals with supports and benefits from strong routine along with supervision and encouragement. K’Lonie is making great progress towards her verbal language development and is demonstrating an immense potential in her skill development. She has formed strong bonds with staff and peers at the program and enjoys engaging with them.

K’Lonie will thrive with a patient, caring, and committed two-parent family with the natural supports in place to provide the stability and structure she needs. Interested families require the experience necessary with respect to the management of her educational supports, in addition to her transition from a residential program, and must be willing to welcome support from providers including their therapists. K’Lonie is of African American descent and would benefit from having a family dedicated to providing appropriate ethnic and cultural role models in addition to information about her birth culture which includes discussing racism and discrimination. The ideal family for K’Lonie will help her maintain contact with members of her birth family and support their relationship.

Last Updated: 3/11/2024