Jana L Hunsley
Biographic Data
| ID | 4226771 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jana L Hunsley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jana L |
| FAMILY NAME | Hunsley |
| SIGNATURE | HUNSLEY J L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas Christian University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4992-7328 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Hope Connection® 2.0
The Role of Communication in the Quality of Relationships for Biological Children in Adoptive Families
Recent literature reveals the multifaceted experiences of the biologically related children of parents in adoptive families, or adoptive siblings. Adoptive siblings report a range of positive and negative experiences related to adoption. Some adoptive siblings describe their families as fractured or broken after adoption while others describe adoption as bringing their families closer together. Because of the range of experiences expressed, the c…
Experiences of lay social workers trained in a trauma-informed intervention in the deinstitutionalization of Rwanda
Purpose Rwanda established a deinstitutionalization program to end institutional care and transition to family-based care for children. Part of their program involved training local volunteers in an evidence-based, trauma-informed caregiving model, Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), to provide education, support and TBRI training to caregivers who reunited or adopted children from institutional care in Rwanda. This study aims to describe…
Effectiveness of a trauma‐informed intervention in a deinstitutionalization programme in rural Rwanda
Rwanda established a programme to end institutional care and transition children to family‐based care. As part of their process in a rural area of the country, caregivers who reunited with or adopted a child from institutional care received training in a trauma‐informed intervention (Trust‐Based Relational Intervention® [TBRI®]). To evaluate the potential usefulness of this training, a mixed‐methods, retrospective design was used to examine careg…
The Pilot of a Therapeutic Family Camp Intervention to Improve Adoptive Family Functioning
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, t…
The Pilot of a Therapeutic Family Camp Intervention to Improve Adoptive Family Functioning
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, t…
Experiences of lay social workers trained in a trauma-informed intervention in the deinstitutionalization of Rwanda
Purpose Rwanda established a deinstitutionalization program to end institutional care and transition to family-based care for children. Part of their program involved training local volunteers in an evidence-based, trauma-informed caregiving model, Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), to provide education, support and TBRI training to caregivers who reunited or adopted children from institutional care in Rwanda. This study aims to describe…
Effectiveness of a trauma‐informed intervention in a deinstitutionalization programme in rural Rwanda
Rwanda established a programme to end institutional care and transition children to family‐based care. As part of their process in a rural area of the country, caregivers who reunited with or adopted a child from institutional care received training in a trauma‐informed intervention (Trust‐Based Relational Intervention® [TBRI®]). To evaluate the potential usefulness of this training, a mixed‐methods, retrospective design was used to examine careg…
The Pilot of a Therapeutic Family Camp Intervention to Improve Adoptive Family Functioning
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, t…
The Role of Communication in the Quality of Relationships for Biological Children in Adoptive Families
Recent literature reveals the multifaceted experiences of the biologically related children of parents in adoptive families, or adoptive siblings. Adoptive siblings report a range of positive and negative experiences related to adoption. Some adoptive siblings describe their families as fractured or broken after adoption while others describe adoption as bringing their families closer together. Because of the range of experiences expressed, the c…
Hope Connection® 2.0
Child Welfare and Adoption (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Intervention (counseling (4 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (2 works)