The TELL Tool is Led by University of Michigan’s Dr. Patricia Hershberger, a leader in the field, we are a dynamic team of transdisciplinary researchers and highly skilled clinicians, dedicated to learning, collaborating, and innovating with the aim of improving the immediate and long-term health and well-being of individuals and families created through donor conception and their kinships.
▪️Our work is at the forefront of a paradigm shift addressing the health and healthcare gaps experienced by donor gamete recipient parents, their children, and their kinships – including gamete and embryo donors and genetically related half siblings.
▪️The TELL Tool™ (Tool to Empower Parental TeLling and TaLking) is the first-ever digital tool designed to support and guide parents and families through the journey of talking about donor conception with their child(ren).
We are not currently recruiting and are now focusing our efforts on improving the TELL Tool for future use. We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all our participants.
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While we we are not currently recruiting and are now focusing our efforts on improving the TELL Tool for future use you can view this video to learn more about a recent TELL Tool study. We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all our participants.
Testimonials
WE LOVE THAT THIS IS AVAILABLE TO HELP PARENTS NOW!
“The TELL Tool is loaded with helpful information and parents can stop-off any point” – Parent 103
“The tool lets parents know they are not alone. This is one of its most significant attributions” – Parent 251
“Wow – great program! I look forward to when I’m able to refer my clients to this program” – Psychologist 47
The TELL Tool Study is a project of the University of Michigan and sponsored by the National
Institutes of Health/National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)