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Selected Projects 20<strong>16</strong>-<strong>18</strong><br />
Through UMass Dartmouth Ho<strong>no</strong>rs Program and<br />
thanks to a research grant from the OUR, I launched<br />
a research study titled “The Relationship Between<br />
Having a Sibling with a Developmental Disability<br />
and Indicators of the Typically Developing Sibling’s<br />
Psychosocial Well-Being.” While brainstorming ideas<br />
in an introductory Psychology class at the beginning<br />
of my research process, I immediately thought of my<br />
own sibling. My sibling was diag<strong>no</strong>sed with anxiety<br />
and depression while we were both in high school,<br />
and the consequent unusual behaviors greatly impacted<br />
all of our lives. As a Psychology major I strove<br />
to learn more about my sibling’s diag<strong>no</strong>ses, and<br />
decided to dedicate my professional life to children<br />
with developmental disabilities.<br />
Left to right: Ramzy Rajeh, Kimberly Schoener, Dr. Christina<br />
Cipria<strong>no</strong>, and Catrina Combis. Rajeh and Schoener help code<br />
Combis’s interviews and Dr. Cipria<strong>no</strong> is Combis’s supervisor<br />
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