Creating a Family: Free course

Written By Jana Hunsley

Does adoption positively or negatively affect children already in the family and what can parents do to lessen the negative impacts?  In this course, we discuss this topic with Dr. Jana Hunsley, an experimental psychologist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), and TBRI Practitioner, specializing in understanding and meeting the needs of siblings in foster and adoptive families.

This course covers the following learning objectives:

  • List 5 negative ways adoption can impact children already in the family.

  • List 3 positive ways adoption can impact children already in the family.

  • Explain what research has found is the most important thing parents can do to lessen the negative impacts on siblings of adopted children.

Jana Hunsley
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