Isaac

Isaac (aged 5) is a kind boy who has the most infectious smile. Isaac enjoys the walk into school as this gives him a chance to collect flowers (and sometimes pretty looking weeds) for his school teacher which he proudly presents to her each morning.

Isaac is the second of four children, but it is in his best interests to be placed on his own with an adoptive family. Isaac has had a difficult start in life, and he was not able to stay with his first family due to worries around emotional abuse and neglect. Prior to coming into foster care, Issac’s world was scary, inconsistent and unpredictable. As a result, he has an anxious attachment style, where sometimes he will minimise his emotions but other times, he will be overwhelmed with emotion, and these will present in an emotional outburst. Isaac is having lots of support to help him work through his emotions and to understand how to process these feelings without such big outbursts. Issac has been with his foster carers for two years, and they say ‘Isaac has come on 110 per cent from where he was. He is completely different from where he started’.

Like many five-year-olds Isaac has lots of energy, he loves to be playing on his bike and out at the park – he especially loves the slide and swings. His other favourite thing at the moment is superheroes. He likes Superman and the Hulk the best. Isaac loves his routine and thrives when he knows what the rules are, and what is happening next. Isaac will do everything he can to be helpful at home and absolutely beams when he is given praise for being helpful.

Issac enjoys school and will happily play alongside other children – especially if this involved building Lego. He prefers working in a small classroom where he can have more support from staff. Issac is a caring member of the class and will give people a hug when he notices they are feeling sad.

Isaac needs an adoptive family who can be patient and offer him lots of consistency so that he can build trust and learn not all adults are unpredictable. When Isaac was living with his first family, he had a lack of co-regulation opportunities, this sadly means he did not have adults in his life showing him how to experience big emotions in a safe way. Isaac will not show his emotions when he doesn't feel safe, we think this could mean that when he first moves to his new family he will appear to be more settled, once he feels safe with his new family he is likely to start showing when he is overwhelmed, Isaac will need his family to co-regulate emotions and help him to learn to show these emotions in a safe way.

Ethnic and cultural descent:

Isaac is a child of dual heritage, we know his birth mother is White British, his father is believed to be Black, however, we have very little information on the details of his birth father.

Family needed:

A two parent family, or one parent with a strong ‘hands-on’ support network, who can meet and support Isaac's needs both now and in the future.

Contact plans:

Six monthly two-way letterbox contact with birth mother and birth siblings.

Legal Status:

Full care order and placement order granted.