Family Resilience and Chronic Illness

GingerWelch received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at Oklahoma State University.She is currently a Clinical Associate Professor and Internship Coordinator forthe Human Development and Family Science Department at OSU. Her researchinterests include both child clinical issues such as child maltreatmentfatalities, child neglect, and infant assessment, as well as pediatricpsychology issues including prematurity and Sickle Cell disease.AmandaHarrist received her Ph.D. in Child Development at the University of Tennessee.She is currently Associate Director for Education and Translation at the Centerfor Family Resilience at Oklahoma State University, where she is also aProfessor of Human Development and Family Science. Her research is focused onunderstanding psychosocial risk and protective processes in children’s socialcontexts, particularly the parent-child relationship and peer relations atschool.

• Using a Life-World Approach to Understand Family Resilience.- Helping Families Survive and Thrive through the Premature Birth of an Infant.- Enhancing Coping and Resiliency among Families of Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease.- Translational Research and Clinical Applicationsin the Management of Cystic Fibrosis.- Improving Physician Self-efficacy and ReducingProvider Bias: A Family Science Approach to Pediatric Obesity Treatment.- Facing Changes Together: Teamwork and FamilyResilience During Transition of Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Patients toAdult Care.-  Fighting for the Forgotten: Risk and Resilienceof Children and Families Involved with the Foster Care System.- Strengthening Families Facing Breast Cancer: EmergingTrends and Clinical Recommendations.- Fostering Resilience among Older Adults Livingwith Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis.- The Unfolding of Unique Problems in Later LifeFamilies.