Child Welfare & Resilience | The FamilyPsycle Lab

The FamilyPsycle Lab is partnering with a child welfare agency in Ontario to support Indigenous youth and youth who use substances who are involved with child welfare services.

Researchers from the FamilyPsycle Lab have been involved in the following projects:

Supporting the development of Theories of Change (ToC) for 30 organizations.
Creating drug protocols for cocaine, heroin, and marijuana use in response to drug-related deaths.
Creating a culturally appropriate audit tool for assessing the risk levels of Indigenous children and families, aligned with the principles of Truth and Reconciliation.

Ongoing projects include:

Conducting an internal audit of discharged Indigenous children to identify causes and correlates of discharge. The project’s goal is to identify gaps in services and support which has led to the discharge of Indigenous children. The project will involve informal interviews with Indigenous folks to learn about their perspectives, and to help guide the project through an Indigenous lens. The project also seeks to guide future child welfare policy and practice, to better promote the well-being of Indigenous children and families and better adhere to the principles of Truth and Reconciliation.

Publications

Sloss, I. M., Smith, J. A., Sebben, S., Wade, M., Prime, H., & Browne, D. T. (2024). Family functioning in the context of current and historical stressors: Exploring the buffering role of social support. Child Abuse & Neglect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106711

Smith, J. A., Zhang, J., Colluci, L., Sloss, I., Eckhert, L., & Browne, D. T. (2024). Exploring networks of complex developmental trauma symptomatology among children and adolescents involved in child welfare. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry Advances, e12224. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12224

Smith, J. A., Durham, D., Price-Cameron, M., Sloss, I., & Browne, D. T. (2023). The longitudinal interplay between attachment security and psychosocial strengths among children in child welfare services. Development and Psychopathology, 36(2), 578-588. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579422001419.

Johnston, D. Browne, D. T., Prime, H., Heron, J., & Wade, M. (2023). Parental mental health trajectories over the COVID-19 pandemic and links with childhood adversity and pandemic stress. Child Abuse and Neglect, 106556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106554

McNeil, A., Hicks, L., Yalcinoz, B., & Browne, D. T. (2023). Prevalence and correlates of intimate partner violence during COVID-19: A rapid review. Journal of Family Violence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-022-00386-6

Browne, D. T., Lewinn, K., Tylavsky, F., May, S., & Bush, N. (2022). Maternal early exposure to violence, psychopathology, and child adaptive functioning: Pre- and postnatal programming. Pediatrics Research. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-022-01954-8

Johnson, D., Browne, D. T., Meade, R., D., Prime, H., & Wade, M. (2022). Latent classes of adverse and benevolent childhood experiences in a multinational sample of parents and their relation to parent, child, and family functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(20), 13581.

Roubinov, D., Browne, D. T., LeWinn, K., Lisha, N., Mason, W.A., & Bush, N. (2022). Intergenerational transmission of maternal childhood adversity and depression on children’s internalizing problems. Journal of Affective Disorders, 308, 205-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.04.030

Smith, J., Durham, D., Beatty, E., Price-Cameron, M., Kartusch, K., Shlonsky, A., & Browne, D. T. (2022). Trajectories of psychosocial functioning and attachment behaviors among children adopted in the Ontario child welfare system. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 16(3), 321-348. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2021.1881690

Yalcinoz-Ucan, B., Zilney, L., Zientarska-Kayko, A., Ireland, T., & Browne, D. T. (2022). Examining the effectiveness of psychological interventions for marginalized and disadvantaged women and individuals who have experienced gender-based violence: protocol for a scoping review. BMJ Open, 12(7), e060479.

Browne, D. T., Smith, J., & Basabose, J. (2021). Refugee children and families during the COVID-19 crisis: A resilience framework for mental health. Journal of Refugee Studies. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/feaa113

Browne, D. T., May, S., & Lieberman, A. (2020). Traumatic events and associated symptoms amongst caregiver-child dyads: Exploring caregiver sex differences. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29(8), 2155-2168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-020-01748-8

Browne, D. T., Roy, D., Philips, D., Stephenson, D., & Shamon, D. (2020). Supporting patient and clinician mental health during COVID-19 via trauma-informed interdisciplinary systems. Canadian Family Physician, 66(7) e190-e192. https://www.cfp.ca/content/cfp/66/7/e190.full.pdf

Basabose, J. D., Smith, J. A., Browne, D. T., Stephenson, M., & Brockett, M. (2020). Promoting family well-being and resilience of refugee newcomers in the Waterloo Region: The sanctuary refugee health centre. Canadian Diversity, 17(2), 94-99.

Browne, D. T., Durham, D., Beatty, E., Price-Cameron, M., Johnson, J., & Shlonsky, A. (2019). The Therapeutic Family Care Program: A 10-year community implementation of treatment foster care in Ontario, Canada. Developmental Child Welfare, 1(1), 22-40. doi: 10.1177/2516103218815701

Browne, D. T., Kumar, A., Puente-Duran, S., Leckie, G., Georgiades, K., Leckie, G., & Jenkins, J. M. (2017). Emotional problems amongst recent Canadian immigrants and parenting status: Findings from a national longitudinal study of immigrants in Canada. PLOS One, 12(4): e0175023, 1-14.

Beausoleil, V., Renner, C., Dunn, J., Hinnewaah, P., Morris, K., Hamilton, A., Braithewaite, S., Hunter, N., Browne, G., & Browne, D. T. (2017). The effect and expense of Redemption Reintegration Services versus usual reintegration care for young African Canadians discharged from incarceration. Health and Social Care in the Community, 25(2), 590-561. doi:10.1111/hsc.12346

Hagan, M., Browne, D. T., Sulik, M., Ghosh Ippen, C., Bush, N., & Lieberman, A. (2017). Parent and child trauma symptoms during Child-Parent Psychotherapy: A prospective cohort study of dyadic change. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 30(6), 690-697. doi: 10.1002/jts.22240

Browne, D. T., Puente-Duran, S., Shlonsky, A., Thabane, L., & Verticchio, D. (2016). A randomized trial of Wraparound facilitation versus usual child protection services. Research on Social Work Practice, 26(2), 168-176. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731514549630

Browne, D. T., Leckie, G., Prime, H., Perlman, M., & Jenkins, J. M. (2016). Observed sensitivity during family interactions and cumulative risk: A study of multiple dyads per family. Developmental Psychology, 52, 1128-1138. doi: 10.1037/dev0000143

Browne, D. T., Plamondon, A., Prime, H., Puente-Duran, S., & Wade, M. (2015). Cumulative risk and developmental health: An argument for the importance of a family-wide science. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 6, 397-407. doi: 10.1002/wcs.1349

Wade, M., Browne, D.T., Plamondon, A., Daniel, E., & Jenkins, J.M. (2015). Cumulative risk disparities in children’s neurocognitive functioning: A developmental cascade model. Developmental Science, 19, 179-194. doi: 10.1111/desc.12302

*Agrati, D., *Browne, D.T., Jonas, W., Meaney, M., Atkinson, L., Steiner, M., Fleming, A. S., & MAVAN research team. (2015). Maternal anxiety from pregnancy to 2 years postpartum: Transactional patterns of maternal early adversity and child temperament. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 18, 693-705. (*Shared 1st Author). doi: 10.1007/s00737-014-0491-y

Madigan, S., Wade, M., Plamondon, A., Browne, D. T., & Jenkins, J. M. (2015). Birth weight variability and language development: Risk, resilience and responsive parenting. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 40, 869-877.

Browne, D. T., Verticchio, D., Shlonsky, A., Thabane, L., Hoch, J., & Byrne, C. (2010). The family standpoint of investigation: Examining the correlates and costs of parental stress in a sample of families involved with Ontario Child Welfare receiving child welfare. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 29, 131-154. https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2010-002