Vanja Pejic
Biographic Data
| ID | 5510355 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vanja Pejic |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vanja |
| FAMILY NAME | Pejic |
| SIGNATURE | PEJIC V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston Children's Hospital |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Bridging, building, and bonding
Developing community programming that integrates cultural context, family systems, and social connection is key to promoting well-being and acculturation among refugee families. This study explored the resettlement experiences of Somali refugee mothers as they sought to navigate their changing personal identities, childrearing approaches, and integration into a new community. The Somali Parent Program (SPP) represents a culturally specific, famil…
Using professional development workshops to support school professionals' capacities to promote students' social, emotional, and behavioral health
The objective of this study was to evaluate an innovative model for providing high quality professional development workshops (PDWs) in the context of a Learning Collaborative (LC) based intervention to build the capacities of school professionals to promote the social, emotional, and behavioral health of students. Eleven PDWs totaling 27.5 h were facilitated with 10 school‐based teams. Matched pre‐ and post‐surveys were completed by a total of 1…
Family first
This article presents a community-based approach that targets family interventions and services through a preventive, family systems ecological framework. A public health approach is used to emphasize the need for a tiered model of family support that builds on the strengths of refugee families while recognizing their specific needs and challenges. The rationale for a family systems ecological perspective is presented to highlight the critical fe…
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Family first
This article presents a community-based approach that targets family interventions and services through a preventive, family systems ecological framework. A public health approach is used to emphasize the need for a tiered model of family support that builds on the strengths of refugee families while recognizing their specific needs and challenges. The rationale for a family systems ecological perspective is presented to highlight the critical fe…
Using professional development workshops to support school professionals' capacities to promote students' social, emotional, and behavioral health
The objective of this study was to evaluate an innovative model for providing high quality professional development workshops (PDWs) in the context of a Learning Collaborative (LC) based intervention to build the capacities of school professionals to promote the social, emotional, and behavioral health of students. Eleven PDWs totaling 27.5 h were facilitated with 10 school‐based teams. Matched pre‐ and post‐surveys were completed by a total of 1…
Bridging, building, and bonding
Developing community programming that integrates cultural context, family systems, and social connection is key to promoting well-being and acculturation among refugee families. This study explored the resettlement experiences of Somali refugee mothers as they sought to navigate their changing personal identities, childrearing approaches, and integration into a new community. The Somali Parent Program (SPP) represents a culturally specific, famil…
Psychology (3 works) · Context (archaeology) (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Intervention (counseling) (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · MEDLINE (2 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · PsycINFO (2 works) · Refugee (2 works)