$20 gift card to take a survey researching sibling issues

October 9, 2007

My name is Keri Anne Israelski, I am a doctorate student at the

Chicago School of Professional Psychology. In previous years I have

worked as a home-based Verbal Behavior therapist for children with

autism. As I was working in homes and getting to know the families,

the effect the child's disability had on the siblings became an issue

of interest to me. As a result, I chose to do my doctoral

dissertation on the coping processes employed by siblings of people

diagnosed with pervasive developmental disabilities (PDD). This

category includes the diagnoses of : Rett's Disorder, Aspergers

Disorder, Autistic Disorder, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, and/or

PDD NOS. Having a PDD is also referred to as being on the autism

spectrum.

If you are a sibling of a person that fits the above criteria and are

21 years of age or over I would greatly appreciate it if you could

take the time to complete my survey. The first 25 respondents will

receivea visa gift card for $20. After you have completed the survey

please email me at Ker1227aol (DOT) com or K.Israelski@ yahoo.com with your

name and address and I will send out the visa gift card. The survey

consists of a few demographic questions, the Ways of Coping

Questionnaire by Folkman and Lazarus, as well as few qualitative

questions at the conclusion of the survey. It should take

approximately 20-30 minutes. The results from this survey will

provide information about the coping processes of siblings of people

diagnosed with PDD. Others working with siblings to help them explore

their coping resources can use these results in the future. Thank you

for taking the time to read this and if you have a minute and would

like to earn some extra money please take pity on a desperate doctoral

student and take a look at the survey, thanks : )

http://www.surveymonkey.com/ s.aspx?sm= zXQC2UJg16yhRk29 6JFWcg_3d_ 3d

If this link does not work please email me at Ker1227@... and I will send

you the link a different way. Thank you : )

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