Adèle (Lafrance) Robinson: Ph.D. (O.I.S.E. of the University of Toronto)
Room: A239; Extension: 4205
Email: acrobinson@laurentian.ca
Research Areas: Eating disorder treatment (children, adolescents, families); emotional regulation and emotion-focused therapy; bilingual literacy development.
Chapters in Academic Books:
Geva, E. & Lafrance, A. (2010). Development of spelling skills in EL1 and ELL learners. In Language and Literacy Development in Bilingual Settings (Edited by A. Durgunoglu & C. Goldenberg), Guilford Press.
Articles (in refereed journals):
Lafrance Robinson, A., Boachie, A., & Lafrance, G. (2012). Assessment and treatment of pediatric eating disorders: a survey of physicians and psychologists. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 21, 45-52.
Strahan, E. J., Lafrance, A., Spencer, S., Wilson, A., E., Zanna, M. P., & Ethier, N. (2008) Victoria’s dirty secret: The impact of media images on adolescent girls and women. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 288-301.
Nelson, G., Aubry, T., & Lafrance, A. (2007) A review of the literature on the effectiveness of housing and case management interventions for persons with mental illness who have been homeless. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Mental Health and Social Justice, 77, 350-361. (CME credits associated with publication)
Lafrance, A., & Gottardo, A. (2005). A longitudinal study of phonological processing skills and reading in bilingual children. Applied Psycholinguistics, 26, 559-578.
Articles (in non-refereed journals):
Dolhanty, J., & Lafrance, A. (2011). Mother-daughter dyads: Using emotion-focused therapy in the treatment of eating disorders. National Eating Disorder Information Centre Bulletin, 26, 1.
Lafrance, A., Boachie, A., & Jasper, K. (2010). Using reflecting team family therapy in the treatment of eating disorders. National Eating Disorder Information Centre Bulletin, 25, 4.
Jasper, K., Boachie, A., & Lafrance, A. (2010). Multi-family therapy for children and adolescents with eating disorders. National Eating Disorder Information Centre Bulletin, 25, 3.
Lafrance, A., & Dolhanty, J. (2010). Emotion focused therapy: When family-based therapy for eating disorders needs a boost. National Eating Disorder Information Centre Bulletin, 25, 2.
Jasper, K., Boachie, A., & Lafrance, A. (2009). Family-based therapy for children and adolescents with eating disorders. National Eating Disorder Information Centre Bulletin, 24, 5.
Book/Chapter Reviews:
Fox, J.R.E, Federici, A., & Power, M.J. (In Press). Emotions and eating disorders: Treatment models. In Fox, J.R.E. & Goss, K. Eating and its Disorders. Wiley Series in Clinical Psychology. Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell.
Presentations at academic/professional conferences, societies, workshops:
Lafrance Robinson, A. (2012). Integrating Family-Based Therapy and Emotion-Focused Therapy in the Treatment of Eating Disorders. Paper accepted for panel presentation at the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration 28th annual conference. Evanston/Chicago, IL. (CE credits)
McCague, E., Lafrance Robinson, A., & Whissell, C. (2012). Emotion-focused therapy group: A single-case study. Paper accepted for presentation at the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration 28th annual conference. Evanston/Chicago, IL.
Mansfield-Green, S., Kosmerly, S., Child, S., Robinson, A. (2012). The relationship between emotion regulation and dieting versus bulimia. A comparison of undergraduate men and women. Poster accepted for presentation at the Canadian Psychological Association Annual Conference, Halifax, NS.
Kosmerly, S., Mansfield-Green, S., Child, S., Robinson, A. (2012). The relationship between emotion regulation, disordered eating and alcohol use in men. Poster accepted for presentation at the Canadian Psychological Association Annual Conference, Halifax, NS.
McCague, E., Robinson, A. & Whissell, C. (2012) Emotion-focused therapy group: A case study. Laurentian University 3rd Annual Psychology Research Symposium. Sudbury, ON.
Kosmerly, S., Mansfield-Green, S., Child, S., Robinson, A. (2012). The relationship between alcohol use, bulimia symptoms and emotion regulation in men. Poster presented at the University of Ottawa's Undergraduate Research Poster Contest, Ottawa, ON. (3rd prize)
Mansfield-Green, S., Kosmerly, S., Child, S., Robinson, A. (2012). The relationship between emotion regulation and dieting behaviours in men and women. Poster presented at the 4th Annual IMHR Young Researchers' Conference: Collaborations for Change, Ottawa, ON.
Lafrance, A. & Dolhanty, J. (2011) The Best of Both Worlds: Integrating Family Based Therapy and Emotion-Focused Therapy in the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa Across the Lifespan. Panel presentation at the North American Society for Psychological Research annual conference. Banff, AB. (CE credits)
McCague, E., Lafrance Robinson, A., Jalbert, L., & Whissell, C. (2011) Emotion-focused therapy group: A case study. Panel presentation at the North American Society for Psychological Research annual conference. Banff, AB. (I was also the moderator for this panel presentation)
Lafrance, A. (2011). Centralized, Multi-Site, Clinical Outcomes Measurement: Moving toward a National Partnership. Paper presented at the 1st Annual Psychology Research Symposium, Sudbury.
Boachie, A., Jasper, K. & Lafrance, A. (2010). Southlake Regional Health Centre: Eating: Disorder Program. Paper presented at the National Meeting for Pediatric Research Outcomes, Toronto (CIHR funded Meetings and Planning Grant).
Girz, L., Lafrance, A., & Boachie, A. (2010). Adolescent and Parent Outcomes and Trajectories of Change Following Family-based Treatment for an Eating Disorder. Poster presented at the Laurentian University’s Department of Psychology Research Conference, Sudbury.
Lafrance, A. & Dolhanty, J. (2010). The Best of Both Worlds: Integrating Family-based Therapy and Emotion-focused Therapy Across the Lifespan. Workshop presented at the Eating Disorders Association of Canada: Bi-Annual Conference, Toronto.
Lafrance, A., Boachie, A. & Jasper, K. (2010). Preliminary Outcomes of a Multi-family Therapy Group for Eating Disorders. Poster presented at the Eating Disorders Association of Canada: Bi-Annual Conference, Toronto.
Mortazavi, S., Lafrance, A., & Boachie, A. (2010). Unintentional Advocacy of ED Symptoms by Parents: A Long-term Study. Paper presented at the Eating Disorders Association of Canada: Bi-Annual Conference, Toronto.
Haqanee, Z., Lafrance, A., & Boachie, A. (2010). Examining the Impact of Family-based Treatment for Adolescent Eating Disorders on the Well-being of Caregivers. Paper presented at the Eating Disorders Association of Canada: Bi-Annual Conference, Toronto.
Mortazavi, S., Lafrance, A. & Boachie, A. (2010). Unintentional Advocacy of ED Symptoms by Parents: Reducing Accommodation and Enabling Behaviors through Family-based Treatment. Poster accepted for presentation at the 60th Annual Conference of the Canadian Psychiatric Association, Toronto.
Thompson, K., Lafrance, A., & Boachie, A. (2010). A Multi-disciplinary Day Treatment Program for Adolescents with Eating Disorders: A Classroom in a Hospital Setting. Paper accepted for presentation at the American Education Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.
Girz, L. Lafrance, A., & Boachie, A. (2010). Adolescent and Parent Outcomes and Trajectories of Change Following Family Based Treatment for an Eating Disorder. Paper accepted for presentation at the International Conference of the Academy of Eating Disorders, Austria.
Lafrance, A., Boachie, A., & Thompson, K., & Haqanee, Z. (2009). Patient and Parent Outcomes of an Adolescent Eating Disorder Program. Poster presented at the 29th Annual Conference of the Canadian Academy for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Toronto.
Boachie, A., Lafrance, A., Thompson, K., Lafrance, G., Mehmet, I, Mehra, P., & Marshment, R. (2009). Indicators of Length of Stay in a Day Treatment Program for Adolescents with Eating Disorders in Canada, Poster presented at the 17th International Conference on Eating Disorders, Austria.
Lafrance, A., Boachie, A., Mehra, P., Lafrance, G., Mehmet, I., & Marshment, R. (2009). Assessment and Management of Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents: What are Community Clinicians Doing & What are their Needs? Paper presented at the 17th International Conference on Eating Disorders, Austria.
Boachie, A., Lafrance, A., Thompson, K., Lafrance, G., Mehmet, I., Mehra, P., & Marshment, R. (2009). Indicators of Length of Stay in a Day Treatment Program for Adolescents with Eating Disorders in Canada, Poster accepted for presentation at the International Conference of the Academy of Eating Disorders, Cancun (conference cancelled due to H1N1 outbreak)
Lafrance, A., Boachie, A., Mehra, P., Lafrance, G., Mehmet, I., & Marshment, R. (2009). Assessment and Management of Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents: What are Community Clinicians Doing & What are their Needs? Poster accepted for presentation at the International Conference of the Academy of Eating Disorders, Cancun (conference cancelled due to H1N1 outbreak)
Lafrance, A., Boachie, A., & Thompson, K. (2009). Patient and Parent Satisfaction with an Adolescent Eating Disorder Day Treatment Program. Poster presented at the Central East Regional Conference for the Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health, Midland.
Mehmet, I., Mehra, P., Lafrance, A., & Boachie, A. (2009). Comparing Diagnoses of Eating Disorders and Comorbidities made by Primary Care Physicians with Assessment Results from a Specialized Multi-disciplinary Team: Implications for Training and Treatment, Poster presented at the Canadian Psychological Association, Quebec.
Shuster, J., Lafrance, A., & Boachie, A. (2009). Characteristics of Youth with Eating Disorders Receiving Individual Therapy as an Adjunct to Family-based Day Treatment. Poster presented at the Making Gains in Mental Health and Addictions Conference, Toronto.
Lafrance, A., & Ju, J. (2007). Evaluating the Utility of a Transition Clinic for Adolescents with Physical Disabilities. Poster presented at the Canadian Network for Child and Youth Rehabilitation, Montreal.
Lafrance, A., & Geva, E. (2006). Development of spelling skills in EL1 and ESL learners. Poster presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Vancouver.
Lafrance, A., Filippini, A., Geva, E., Gerber, M., & Swanson, L. (2006). A cross-national comparison of English language learners’ word reading. Paper presented at the University of California LMRI Biliteracy Development Research Forum, Santa Barbara.
Ethier, N., Allen, J., Wilson, A., Lafrance, A., & Strahan, E. (2005). Getting involved: The impact of a volunteering intervention on adolescents’ future intentions. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Montreal.
Lafrance, A., & Geva, E. (2005). Spelling development of EL1 and ESL learners. Poster presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Toronto.
Lafrance, A., & Wilson, A. (2004). The influence of different types of social support from others on emotional response to negative events. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Newfoundland.
Lafrance, A., & Wilson, A. (2004). The influence of a school-based body image intervention program in girls and boys. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Newfoundland.
Lafrance, A., & Gottardo, A. (2004). Development of phonological awareness in bilingual learners. Poster presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Amsterdam.
Lafrance, A., & Gottardo, A. (2003) English reading development in French-speaking children.Poster presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Colorado.
Gottardo, A., Chiappe, P., Siegel, L. S., & Lafrance, A. (2003) A comparison of phoneme categorization performance in ESL and native English-speaking adults. Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Colorado.
Gottardo, A., Lafrance, A., Stanish, H., & Fernandes, M. (2003) English reading development in bilingual children: A comparison of at-risk groups. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Bilingualism, Arizona.
Lafrance, A., & Gottardo, A. (2003) Bilingual reading development: How are second language phonological skills related to first language reading skills? Poster presented at the International Symposium on Bilingualism, Arizona.
Lafrance, A., & Wilson, A. E. (2003) Ethnolinguistic status and bilinguals in a minority setting: How threat affects the self. Poster presented at the International Symposium on Bilingualism, Arizona.
Lafrance, A., & Gottardo, A. (2003) Bilingual reading development and phonological processing skills. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Florida.
Mordell, S., Francis, T., Sweeney-Fenn, K., Gottardo, A., & Lafrance, A. (2003) Self-concept as a risk or resilience factor in students with learning disabilities. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Hamilton.
Community/Professional contributions, e.g., workshops, field work, consulting which represents a contribution to the discipline or field as it forms part of your scholarly activity:
Lafrance Robinson, A. Supporting your child or teen’s emotional health: What every parent should know and what your parents didn’t teach you. Workshop presented at Walden Public School for the community of Walden with proceeds going to the Sudbury Food Bank. Lively, Ontario, April 2012.
Lafrance, A. & Dolhanty, J. Combining Emotion Focused and Family Based Interventions across the Lifespan. Workshop presented at the “Working Better with Eating Disorders: Combining Emotion Focused and Family Based Interventions across the Lifespan” Provincial Conference, St John’s, Newfoundland, April 2012.
Lafrance, A. Integrating Emotion-Focused Therapy and Family-Based Therapy in the Treatment of Eating Disorders across the Lifespan Intensive. Workshop presented at Health Sciences North, Sudbury, Ontario. November 2011.
Lafrance, A. & Dolhanty, J. Part 3: Integrating Emotion-Focused Therapy and Family-Based Therapy in the Treatment of Eating Disorders across the Lifespan Intensive two-day training. Workshop presented at York University Psychology Clinic, Toronto, Ontario. October 2011.
Lafrance, A. & Dolhanty, J. Integrating Emotion-Focused Therapy and Family-Based Therapy in the Treatment of Adolescent Eating Disorders. Workshop presented at the Northwestern Eating Disorder Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario. September 2011.
Lafrance, A. & Dolhanty, J. Integrating Emotion-Focused Therapy and Family-Based Therapy in the Treatment of Adolescent Eating Disorders. Workshop presented at the Eating Disorder Program, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta. September 2011.
Lafrance, A. & Dolhanty, J. Integrating Emotion-Focused Therapy and Family-Based Therapy in the Treatment of Eating Disorders Across the Lifespan. Workshop presented at Juno House, Calgary, Alberta. September 2011. (CE credits)
Lafrance, A. & Dolhanty, J. Part 2: Emotion-Focused Therapy for Eating Disorders: Skills Training, Workshop presented at the York University Psychology Clinic, Toronto, Ontario. June 2011.
Lafrance, A. Introduction to Eating Disorders and Family-based Treatment. Workshop presented at the York University Psychology Clinic, Emotion-focused Therapy Clinic Toronto, Ontario. May 2011.
Lafrance, A. Family-based Treatment for Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents. Presented at the Sudbury Regional Hospital for all regional clinicians in Northeastern Ontario, Sudbury. March 2011.
Lafrance, A. Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents: What Schools Need to Know. Presented through the Ontario Telemedecine Network, Sudbury. February 2011.
Lafrance, A. Les troubles alimentaires chez les enfants et adolescents: renseignements à l’intention des écoles. Presented through the Ontario Telemedecine Network, Sudbury. February 2011.
Lafrance, A. & Dolhanty, J. Integrating Family-based Therapy and Emotion-focused Therapy in the Treatment of Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents – Part II. Workshop presented at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario: Eating Disorder Program, Ottawa. January 2011.
Lafrance, A. & Dolhanty, J. Integrating Family-based Therapy and Emotion-focused Therapy in the Treatment of Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents. Presented at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario: Eating Disorder Program, Ottawa. November 2010.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
· "I Know I Can Help You": Parental Self-Efficacy Predicts Adolescent Outcomes in Family-based Therapy for Eating Disorders" (Accepted for publication in European Eating Disorders Review)
· Adapting Family-based Therapy to a Day Hospital Program for Adolescents with Eating Disorders: Preliminary Outcomes and Trajectories of Change in Adolescents and Parents (Under 2nd review for Journal of Family Therapy)
· Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Survey of Primary Care Clinicians’ Competence, Barriers and Needs (Under review for Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)