AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SCRAPBOOK FOR TERMINALLY ILL CHILDREN

The loneliest of children are those who know of their fate but cannot discuss their future due to adults' inability or unwillingness to communicate. Due to several misconceptions children's capabilities and knowledge surrounding their illness are often underestimated leading to excessive and avoidable levels of psychological distress and confusion. The goal of this scrapbook is to increase cohesiveness openness and honesty among family members when faced with childhood terminal illness. One page at a time the aim is to enable children to be heard understood and remembered while simultaneously providing parents with the assurance that they did all they could possessing a tangible remembrance of their children's lives. Through several means such as photographs drawings and letters from loved ones children will have a visible legacy to express their emotions comprehend their world and obtain control during their illness.