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By In Faith Integration

Religious, Spiritual, and Cultural Influences of Dysphagia

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By In Faith Integration

Congenital disabilities and gender non-conforming identities as parts of God’s intended creation

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By In Adoption & Foster Care

Memorable messages regarding adoption and religion: Perspectives of adult adoptees

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Long-term follow-up of the Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) with adolescent adoptees Adoption & Foster CareChildhood AdversityPapers & Presentations

Long-term follow-up of the Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) with adolescent adoptees

Emily Helder, Francie Bailey, Ana Li Warners, & Chloe Vallance Full TextDownload Abstract The present study sought to demonstrate the long-term impacts of the Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS; Laugeson et al., 2010) among adolescent adoptees struggling to navigate peer…
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January 25, 2024
Promoting the thriving and belonging of nonbinary and gender diverse people in our communities and families Articles & EssaysFaith Integration

Promoting the thriving and belonging of nonbinary and gender diverse people in our communities and families

by Emily Helder Originally published in Reformed Journal I’m a college professor, which means I have a front row seat to the experiences of young adults. I love the job because I get to witness and speak into their lives at a crucial stage of…
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January 16, 2024
Adoption Roundtable: Parenting Stress in Adoptive Families Adoption & Foster CareChildhood AdversityPodcast & Radio Interviews

Adoption Roundtable: Parenting Stress in Adoptive Families

Season 1, Episode 22: Dr. Marta Santos Nunes describes the research on parenting stress among adoptive families. She identifies ways that parental factors, such as expectations and parental warmth, and child characteristics, such as behavioral challenges and age, interact in complex ways to predict parenting…
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February 8, 2021
Adoption Roundtable: Transracial adoptees: the rewards and challenges of searching for their birth parents Adoption & Foster CarePodcast & Radio Interviews

Adoption Roundtable: Transracial adoptees: the rewards and challenges of searching for their birth parents

Season 1, Episode 21: Dr. Danielle Godon-Decoteau describes her research in the area of search and reunion with birth/first family among adult transracial adoptees. She begins by outlining the range of perspectives and thoughts that transracial adoptees have about searching and the factors, both macro…
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February 1, 2021
Adoption Roundtable: Speech Language Development in Adopted Children Adoption & Foster CareChildhood AdversityPodcast & Radio Interviews

Adoption Roundtable: Speech Language Development in Adopted Children

Season 1, Episode 20: Dr. Sharon Glennen describes her research examining speech language outcomes among adopted children. She discusses the complex interactions between genetic and environmental factors in language development and how they explain the variability of outcomes among adoptees as well as serve as…
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January 18, 2021