DIANE HOVEY, PHD

• Hovey, D. (2019 Penciled Sunlight. In Moats, Sebree, Belton & Hoffman (Eds). A Walk with Nature: Poetic encounters that nourish the soul. University Professors Press
• Hovey, D. (2010). When words are not enough: PhotoTherapy Cards™ for youth and adults. St. Paul, MN: aHeARTT Publications  
• Hovey, D. (2008). Princess Sophia's Gifts  
• Hovey, D. (2007). They said we'd know in one year. In Layers of Possibility: Healing Poetry. M. Sluytman (Ed).  
• Hovey, D. (2006).  Below the tip of the iceberg: a poetry therapy workbook for child with special health needs.  
• Hovey, D. Editor (2001 – 2007). The Muse.  
• Patterson, J. & Hovey, D. (2000).  Family–centered care for children with special health needs: Rhetoric or reality.   Family Systems & Health.             
• Hovey, D. (2000).  Parents as partners in the transition process.  Impact. Institute on Community Integration,  University of Minnesota. 

 Selected Conference Presentation Topics:

• When words are not enough
• Chronic Illness and What it Can Do for You – Weaving Gold Out of Straw
• Healthy Marriages Journey Guide: Especially for Parents Who Have Children with Special Needs
• Illuminating the Fog, Family Connections: When Children Have Special Needs
• Once Upon A Time: Exploring Creative Ways to Grow Through Grief and Build New Visions
• Immeasurable Order in Chaos:  Poetry Therapy with Hospitalized Youth and Their Families
• Reflective Practice & Care of the Soul
• Building a Place of Acceptance for Children with Special Health Care Needs
• Creativity:  A Family Technique for Weaving Gold Out of Straw
• Creativity and Healing:  Understanding Meaning that Shape Decisions
• Giving Focus to Chaos – the Power of Creativity in Healing
• The Power of Creativity & Family in Shaping the Future
• Family-Centered Care
• Deep "C" Diving: Family Meanings of Disability
• Uncovering Meanings Utilizing the Poetic and the Visual:  Understanding families who have children with serious  ongoing health conditions 
• If a Picture's Worth a Thousand Words... : Artistic modes of scientific inquiry in understanding parent's meanings of serious ongoing health conditions
• When the Political Agenda Sets Your Execution Date:  Families of Children with Disabilities
• Disability: Stress, Stigma, and Perceptions