Photolisting Profile for Dallas

Dallas is a 16-year-old girl from Texas who is hoping to be adopted.

Dallas describes herself as a girl who loves nature. She is a vegetarian. She plans to attend college and hopes to continue her education to become a surgeon. Dallas is fun and loving. She likes make-up and getting hair done. Dallas likes to read, write poems, spend time with friends, and go to school. She is quiet and timid as she assesses those around her. Once some trust has been established Dallas will begin to talk about things that matter to a girl her age. invested in her life. Dallas excels at reading and school where she receives She is especially fond of her younger sister and close to those who have some individualized attention. Dallas can experience frequent and sometimes prolonged periods of sadness and needs supportive services. Dallas needs guidance and leadership to turn her ability to remain firm in her opinion into a strength and help her in those times when things can't go the way she envisions. She will also benefit from instruction and role-models to help her express her opinion in appropriate ways. Once adopted, Dallas would like to have opportunities to visit with her sister and keep in phone contact.

Dallas would do well in a family that can offer her a great deal of individual attention. She needs support and encouragement to continue to do well in school and stay focused. Dallas needs a family who will be compassionate, loving and patient while she deals with her past and while she learns to accept her adoptive family. The ideal adoptive family will support her with understanding and consistent care along with consistent discipline and logical consequences. Dallas has a younger sibling and they have a bond that would be important for them to have some limited contact in the future.