Barbara King is the proud mother of two children from Guatemala and is also a communications professor. She's looking for families willing to participate in an interesting study on lifebooks. Read on for her invitation. I am going to leave comments close on this one as any questions should be sent to Dr. King directly.
Dear Guatadopt Reader:
You are invited to participate in a study concerning how adoptive families create a family identity through the lifebooks they make for their adopted children.
As a mother to two Guatemalan-born boys and a Communication professor at Carroll College (Waukesha, Wisconsin), I am very interested in communication practices in adoptive families and am conducting this study to gain some professional insight into these practices.
Any parent who has completed a lifebook for his or her child adopted from Guatemala can participate. Participants will be asked to make an electronic or hard copy (not the original!) of their lifebooks available to me. Please be assured that lifebook contents will remain strictly confidential.
For their time and effort, participants will receive a $25 gift card for each completed lifebook submitted for the study.
Please contact me if you are interested in participating in this study or want to find out more.
Thank you,
Dr. Barbara King
Associate Professor of Communication
Carroll College
bking@cc.edu