Photolisting Profile for Travon

Travon is a 12-year-old boy from North Carolina who is hoping to be adopted.

According to people who know him, Travon can be a very helpful child. He has a great personality and can be a lot of fun to be around. Travon enjoys playing most sports and his favorite professional team is the Carolina Panthers. Other activities he enjoys include cooking, drawing, coloring, telling jokes, and making things with his hands out of Play Dough or Legos. Travon wants to be a firefighter when he grows up, but he also wants to be rich. Travon attends special classes in public school. His caseworker and team work closely with the school team to ensure he has every opportunity for academic success. Travon attends counseling to help him learn to verbalize his feelings more appropriately, think before he acts, and develop appropriate peer relationships. Travon does best in a very structured, loving, and consistent environment where he receives a great deal of individual attention and feels safe. An adoptive family for Travon will need to be patient, nurturing, and understanding of his needs. Travon yearns for a positive male role model and he should be the only or youngest child in the home. An adoptive family for Travon should be open to helping him maintain contact with his biological grandmother and siblings.