Tabatha – 18-months-old

(quote by adopted child aged 11 years)

Tabatha is a delightful, sociable and engaging little girl, who is learning to explore her environment, enjoys sharing books and has a particular love of toys with faces. Tabatha is also a busy and social child who likes to share her play activities and really enjoys going out and about with her foster family. With a little reassurance from her foster carers, she is confident and adaptable to different social situations and ‘charms’ and engages with the people that she meets.

Tabatha has been cared for by her foster family since her birth and became Looked After because of the learning needs of her birth parents. She has formed stable and secure attachments with her foster parents and their two sons aged 9 and 12 years and she is meeting all of her developmental milestones.

Tabatha is very mobile, she is now walking around the furniture and standing alone but not yet walking. She also actively watches and copies the sounds and actions of the people around her and is forming sounds and words.

Tabatha is described by her foster carers as an ‘easy going’ and adaptable baby who is open to new experiences as long as she can check out with her foster carers that these are safe. She is also able to cope with some flexibility in her nap routines during the day

Ethnicity:

Mixed heritage — White British/Indian (grandparent) 

Faith/Religion:

None specified. Tabatha has been cared for within a foster family who celebrate Christian festivals and birth parents prefer her to practice a Christian religion

Family Needed:

Tabatha would need to have a loving and stable adoptive family, ideally with 2 parents, though single adoptive parents would be considered. Tabatha’s parents would like her to have 1 or 2 older siblings and also for her to be part of a wider family network.

Tabatha is mixed heritage White British/Indian, but she has not been raised within an Indian culture, and this is also reflected within her birth family. Her physical appearance does in part reflect her Indian ethnicity in that she is olive skinned, with dark brown hair and eyes and she would need to have adoptive parents who provide a match in respect of her appearance, but families with other mixed heritage/European backgrounds who could also embrace and support Tabatha’s identity needs would be considered.

Tabatha could not be placed with adoptive families living in the areas of Bromsgrove/Redditch in the West Midlands, or Long Eaton in Nottinghamshire

Education

Tabatha is attending a Parent & Toddler group one day a week for 2 hours and is really enjoying the interaction and socialisation with other children. There are no educational needs identified for Tabatha and she is currently meeting all of her expected developmental milestones.

Health

Tabatha is a very healthy child. She has had regular and up to date health and developmental assessments and is achieving all of her expected milestones and surpassing some of these. She does have some hyper-mobility in her ankles (floppy ankles). This is a relatively common condition which is managed by wearing supportive boots and it is thought she will grow out of this.

Tabatha’s parents both have a learning disability and some questions regarding mental health for her father, there is also a possibility that her mother has mild tourettes syndrome, which may present a developmental uncertainty for Tabatha in the future. Both parents have epilepsy and Tabatha may have had exposure to use of alcohol and anti-epilepsy medication during pregnancy. However, she has presented no observable signs of impact from this.

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