Supporting the inclusion of siblings when a family is in crisis

这个项目旨在探讨兄弟姐妹在重大家庭危机-儿童重病-中的融入经历。排除在家庭危机之外可能会产生持久的影响，但是当孩子病重时，兄弟姐妹的融入经验仍然没有得到研究。通过对儿童及其家庭的观察和访谈，该项目期望产生关于在这一家庭危机中兄弟姐妹融入的新知识。预期成果包括加强兄弟姐妹融合的指导方针和支持家庭团聚的资源。该项目将带来重大的社会效益，例如改变地方和国家的兄弟姐妹和家庭政策，改善澳大利亚所有处于危机中的家庭的福祉。

This project aims to explore the inclusion experience of siblings during a significant family crisis – a child’s critical illness. Exclusion from a family crisis can have lasting impacts, however sibling experiences of inclusion when a child is critically ill remain unstudied. Through observation and interviews with children and their families, this project expects to generate new knowledge about sibling inclusion in this family crisis. Expected outcomes include guidelines to enhance sibling inclusion and a resource to support family togetherness. This project should provide significant social benefits, such as changes to local and national sibling and family policies, and improved family wellbeing for all Australian families in crisis.