title: Kids speak out on adoption: a multiage bookwriting group for adopted children with special needs.
abstract: This article describes the conceptualization and development of the Saturday Club for Adopted Kids (a four-session, multiage, bookwriting group for adopted children and young people) and the benefits of offering such a project-oriented group in which adoptees can tell their stories and share their experiences in an environment that supports their recovery from early trauma and offers them a way to transform the meaning of their personal losses into social action to help others. Club participants produced a book, Kids Speak Out on Adoption, based on their experiences, perceptions, and feelings.
authors.affiliation: University of Vermont, Department of Social Work, Burlington, USA.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Moroz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000300:Adoption / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014956:Writing