Photolisting Profile for Shanice

Shanice is a 13-year-old girl from North Carolina who is hoping to be adopted.

Shanice is happiest doing things she loves like shopping, listening to music, reading, writing, and organizing photographs into notebooks. She is an especially talented artist and could succeed in an art or fashion inspired career. Shanice is very conscientious about her appearance and takes special care with her personal things. Shanice loves going to the salon to have her hair brushed and fixed. She plans to become a cosmetologist. Shanice attends school on the campus where she lives and is being tested to determine her academic abilities. She sometimes has difficulty comprehending things, so having some things repeated helps her be more academically successful. Shanice has gained better control of her feelings and actions and continues to make progress. She needs to understand that self-esteem is more than looking good and find ways of building it in herself. Through the techniques used and structure provided by her former foster parents, Shanice has learned what actions and conduct are acceptable. She has made very good progress in accepting consequences and new types of discipline, such as time out or going to bed early. Parenting Shanice will require unconditional commitment, a strong support network, a consistent routine, and safe discipline. An adoptive family for Shanice should understand the effects of sibling separation and be willing to support visitation with her brother and sister.