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Sibs @sibs.org.uk · 09/04/2025

Brighten someone’s day with an eCard for Siblings Day tomorrow – whether you’re a parent, a sibling, or a supporter – show the siblings in your life that they matter. www.sibs.org.uk/cards #NationalSiblingsDay2025 #ItsaSiblingThing

Black text on yellow background reads: Siblings Day eCards. Image shows three of the ecards for National Siblings Day.

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Linda Veerman @lindaveerman.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

📣 Paper alert! Research on #twins #siblings of children with #intellectual #disability, using the Young Netherlands Twin Register data. We studied longitudinal effects of factors within the family system on the well-being of twin siblings. Read the results in our open access article. rdcu.be/egEvb

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Well-Being and Mental Health of Siblings of Children with Intellectual Disability: a Longitudinal Twin-Family Study

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Linda Veerman @lindaveerman.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

🎉Happy to announce that our #RCT paper about the effectiveness of the #sibling serious game 'Broodles' has been published open access! With this game we offer an accessible, early intervention for siblings (6-9 years) of children with disabilities. See: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Supporting young siblings of children with intellectual disabilities and/or visual impairments with the serious game ‘Broodles’: A mixed methods randomized controlled trial

Siblings of children with neurodevelopmental conditions experience conflicting emotions and have an increased risk of mental health problems. Several …

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Linda Veerman @lindaveerman.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Last year, we published about a questionnaire on siblings' adjustment to growing up with a child with a disability. Now you can read our Reply to a Letter to the Editor in response to our paper. We describe our intended next steps in developing a new sibling scale. See: doi.org/10.1080/2047...

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Next steps in the development of a sibling adjustment scale: reply to Supianto

Published in International Journal of Developmental Disabilities (Vol. 71, No. 2, 2025)

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