By Jayna Habben

Holt International Adoptee Camps have developed a perfect formula for providing meaningful occupations for international adoptees, such as feeling a sense of belonging, learning about birth countries, and meeting other adoptees.

Each year Holt International Adoptee Camps welcome children, most of whom were born in other countries and have come to the United States via adoption.  Holt camps are especially designed for young adoptees and offer activities to promote physical and psychological health of adoptees through occupations that are meaningful to them.  As a Holt adoptee myself, and now a student enrolled in the Master’s Level Program for Occupational Therapy at College of Saint Mary in Omaha, Nebraska, I believe my knowledge of occupational therapy and my childhood experience attending Holt camps, provides evidence and insight regarding the healthy impact these camps can have on international adoptees, both physically and psychologically.