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Linda Veerman
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PhD Candidate at Clinical Child & Family Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Affect-us. Research focus: siblings of children with disabilities. Project website: www.brussengame.nl
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Sibs @sibs.org.uk · Apr 9
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 · Apr 7
📣 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.

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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 · Mar 26
🎉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...
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 · Feb 21
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...
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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