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The Pilot of a Therapeutic Family Camp Intervention to Improve Adoptive Family Functioning

The Pilot of a Therapeutic Family Camp Intervention to Improve Adoptive Family Functioning Abstract The trauma-related emotional and behavioral struggles of adopted children can affect the adoptive family system due to the emotional interdependence of families. To meet the needs of adoptive families, a two-weekend therapeutic family camp intervention was developed from an existing 2-3 week camp model for adopted children called Hope Connection®. The current study examined the preliminary effectiveness of the revised camp, Hope Connection 2.0, to address adoptive families’ needs. A two-group (waitlist (n = 4 families) vs. intervention (n = 5 families)) pre-post design was used. The results indicated trending decreases in adopted children’s trauma-related emotional and behavioral struggles and trending increases in parent-child relationship quality and family functioning. These findings support future research of the effectiveness of Hope Connection 2.0 to improve adoptive family outcomes. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adoption Quarterly Taylor & Francis

The Pilot of a Therapeutic Family Camp Intervention to Improve Adoptive Family Functioning

Hunsley, Jana L.; Crawley, Rachel D.; Call, Casey D.
Adoption Quarterly , Volume 25 (2): 24 – May 18, 2022
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The Pilot of a Therapeutic Family Camp Intervention to Improve Adoptive Family Functioning

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Abstract The trauma-related emotional and behavioral struggles of adopted children can affect the adoptive family system due to the emotional interdependence of families. To meet the needs of adoptive families, a two-weekend therapeutic family camp intervention was developed from an existing 2-3 week camp model for adopted children called Hope Connection®. The current study examined the preliminary effectiveness of the revised camp, Hope Connection 2.0, to address adoptive...
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10.1080/10926755.2021.2005728
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Abstract

Abstract The trauma-related emotional and behavioral struggles of adopted children can affect the adoptive family system due to the emotional interdependence of families. To meet the needs of adoptive families, a two-weekend therapeutic family camp intervention was developed from an existing 2-3 week camp model for adopted children called Hope Connection®. The current study examined the preliminary effectiveness of the revised camp, Hope Connection 2.0, to address adoptive families’ needs. A two-group (waitlist (n = 4 families) vs. intervention (n = 5 families)) pre-post design was used. The results indicated trending decreases in adopted children’s trauma-related emotional and behavioral struggles and trending increases in parent-child relationship quality and family functioning. These findings support future research of the effectiveness of Hope Connection 2.0 to improve adoptive family outcomes.

Journal

Adoption Quarterly – Taylor & Francis

Published: May 18, 2022

Keywords: Post-adoption intervention; trust-based relational intervention; therapeutic camp; adoptive families; adoption

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