Brian is a friendly, active teenager with auburn hair and freckles, a good move to the basketball hoop and a decent fadeaway jump shot.

He likes animals, playing soccer, snowboarding, horseback riding, playing video games and going on outings.

Brian thoroughly enjoys most outdoor activities but is particularly fond of fishing. He also likes to collect YuGiOh cards, play baseball, do karate and go hiking and boating. Brian has aspirations of becoming a game warden or forest ranger with the state Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Brian would like to live with a family that is active. While he can be considered “high energy,” Brian also can become overstimulated by his environment and will require adult coaching in those situations. Brian has a true desire to please others. He works best in a structured environment, but also can become frustrated by the setting of limits that is part of such an environment.

Brian has said he prefers to be alone when he is angry and says listening to music often helps. He is a verbal young man and enjoys talking to people on a wide variety of topics. Brian is determined to make positive changes not only in his life, but in his community and the world around him.

He is in excellent health and is of average height and weight. Brian is intelligent but sometimes finds it difficult to focus or stay focused on schoolwork.

Brian has made steady progress in his schoolwork and has found this progress to be personally rewarding.

He would be most successful with an adoptive couple or with a single parent who has an active lifestyle and behavior management skills or training. Those who work with Brian also recommend that he be the youngest child in any family.

Adoption subsidy may be available to the most appropriate family.

For information about Brian or the 218 other Maine children seeking an adoptive home, contact A Family for ME at (877) 505-0545.

Based in Gardiner, A Family for ME is a nonprofit program that works in collaboration with the eight districts of the state Department of Health and Human Services to recruit foster and adoptive families for Maine children in care.