In this episode of Mindcast, we welcomed Dr. Wendy Plante, and early childhood researcher with an expertise in sibling relationships. We will discuss why is it important to talk about siblings, how do our sibling relationships influence us during our lives, how sibling relationships change over time, and some of the things that can influence sibling relationships. Most important, Dr. Plante will discuss some things we can do as parents to help bolster sibling relationships.
Sibling Relationships
Featured Speaker:
Wendy Plante, PhD
Wendy Plante, PhD, is a staff psychologist at the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center/Rhode Island Hospital and clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She is associate clinical director of SibLink, a clinical research program dedicated to the adjustment of healthy siblings to medical, developmental, and psychiatric disorders in their brothers and sisters. She also provides clinical services to children at Hasbro Children’s, including the pediatric gastroenterology, nutrition and liver diseases clinic.