{"id":259815,"date":"2021-12-28T08:44:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T14:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=259815"},"modified":"2021-12-30T17:36:13","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T23:36:13","slug":"single-woman-adopts-student-foster-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/single-woman-adopts-student-foster-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Single woman adopts student who lived in six different foster homes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The special bond formed between a woman and one of her students led to a forever family. Seven-year-old William had cycled through six families in foster care when he met Paige Bramlett, who had been hired as a behavioral specialist. She began working with William, who was in kindergarten, and their connection was immediate.<\/p>\n

Bramlett was scheduled for three hours of one-on-one time with William each day, due to his struggles from being in foster care.<\/p>\n

“He was very isolated because he didn\u2019t know coping skills, and he really struggled,” she told Good Morning America<\/a>. “Since I was one-on-one with him, a lot of our time was spent working on coping skills, behavioral skills, talking about how we behave in school, those types of things. It was a challenging time for him, but we became best friends very quickly.”<\/p>\n

Other adults might write off a student with behavioral difficulties, but Bramlett saw through that.<\/p>\n

“I saw a lot of the potential in him. He\u2019s very artistic and creative, and his imagination is insane,” she said. “No one took the time to get to know him or to see him for the child that he was. I would get down on his level and make eye contact, and I don\u2019t know how many people had done that before. When I would say goodbye, I would tell him that I would see him tomorrow. He struggled with sleeping and nightmares, so I would tell him sweet dreams, and we worked on skills that would go beyond the classroom.”<\/p>\n