title: A group model for adoption studies for special-needs children.
abstract: A comparison of the effectiveness of the group model with the individual method for adoption studies reveals that the group method had a greater success in permanent placement and used adoption staff members' time most efficiently.
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption; D002648:Child; D002671:Child, Exceptional; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education; D012947:Social Work / Q000379:methods*