Photolisting Profile for Deshawn

Deshawn is a 9-year-old boy from Iowa who is hoping to be adopted.

This dynamic duo is ready for some new challenges and new experiences. They are looking for a family that will involve them in lots of new things. Deshawn would also like a family that has pets. The boys are working on getting past loss and grief issues. Some of that impacts their behaviors and they are learning about making better choices to achieve the outcomes they desire. They state they would prefer a two parent family. Jerry and Deshawn also have some birth family connections that it would benefit them to maintain, so their new family will need to value that. Their adoptive family will need to have structure and patience as they learn to trust their new parents. Experience with young men this age who are working through loss issues and those behaviors would be good.