Landon

Description

*Meet Landon!

*Landon is 8 years old and was adopted out of foster care when he was 3 years old.  After only 8 months in this adoptive home, his adopted dad was a policeman and murdered in the line of duty.  The trauma of this greatly stunted his emotional growth and healing and over the past 5 years things have not improved much.  His adopted mom feels that he deserves a fresh start in a different home environment.  We are looking for a homestudy ready family to adopt Landon who has no other children in the home under age 10.  This family should have access to a trauma-informed therapist as Landon has had a lot of loss in his short life.  If you fit what we’re looking for and are interested in adopting Landon, please write to us for his full profile.   Please write to secondchanceinfo@wiaa.org .

Landon loves to read.  He’s currently reading Magic Tree house, Merlin Missions and the MTH fact Tracker books.  He also enjoys ‘real books’ about animals and oceans.  He has great recall and retelling skills and loves to rattle on and on about things he’s learned in stories.  Landon enjoys creating things with paper like airplanes and origami.  He easily follows instructions to make these.  He also enjoys building with Legos and can build from imagination as well as following the booklet of instructions that comes with a Lego set.

Landon is an optimistic kid who easily moves past negative issues.  He likes to act funny and make you laugh.  He likes to be silly and have fun.  His adopted mom told us that she has no doubts that he will be successful in a new family—he is a great, fun kiddo.  

Click this link for video on Landon:

https://youtube.com/shorts/UtopMDKdAPI?feature=share

This is a private adoption, so a state or foster home study might not work. A state authorized private domestic or international home study is generally required. You will need to have a current, or easily-updated home study for this adoption.

Due to state laws, we are not able to place this child in CT, MA, NY, or DE. If you live in OR, you may need to travel to the child’s state to finalize this adoption. If you live in WI, please let us know, as the adoption process may be longer and more expensive than what is listed in our paperwork.  If you have never had a home study before, we cannot help you adopt this child. But we would love to share with you the process of starting a home study so you could be approved for a child in the near future. Please write to us and ask us how to get started! If you are a U.S. citizen living overseas, we may be able to work with you depending on a few details.

Adoption is a legal process so there will be costs associated. This adoption may qualify for the IRS Adoption Tax Credit.

Contact us at secondchanceinfo@wiaa.org

*To protect the privacy of our waiting children and their families, Second Chance does not share real names for our waiting children on the Internet. It is our policy to only share a snippet of a waiting child’s details as well as the type of adoptive family we are looking for. If you fit the POSTED REQUIREMENTS, are home study ready (or can be soon!), and interested in adding this child to your family, please write to us for an honest, in-depth profile on the child including medical, educational, and behavioral information and learn the full story of why this child needs a secondary adoption. Our program social worker and program director have worked together with the child’s family to carefully set the requirements for the new family. These requirements are not negotiable, so please honor the needs of this child by not asking us to bend them for you.