November 13th, 2019
On Monday November 10th, Max van Duijn, who received a NWO-Veni grant, visited our lab for a research meeting. Max presented the outline of his work examining the relation between children's Theory of Mind and storytelling. Click here to read more about his grant and project.
November 6th, 2019
On November 5th, our team was invited by Joost Kok, Dean of Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) at the University of Twente, to discuss new developments using sensor techniques at the school playground over lunch with Nirvana Meratnia, who is part of the Pervasive Systems Group. The visit was completed with a tour through the lab at the Behavioural Management and Social Sciences (BMS) faculty.
October 18th, 2019
October 18th is the International Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) Awareness Day. Approximately 5-7% of the children experience severe problems acquiring and using their first language. However, these problems are often not recognized and understood. DLD affects schooling, socio-emotional development, self-esteem, and behaviors of children. With suitable support, these children are able to overcome many of these obstacles. Neeltje van den Bedem did her PhD project on social-emotional development of children and youngsters with DLD. The defense will follow soon! If you are curious about the results, click here to register for her lectures!
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September 23rd, 2019
Being bullied is not only bad at the moment itself, but also affects children in the long term. Carolien talks about this in a recent news item (in Dutch) on the Week Against Bullying, September 23-30, 2019.
September 19th, 2019
On September 18th, Bobbie van Zessen graduated cum laude for her master in Developmental Psychology. She worked with Adva on the inclusion of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing children in mainstream education. Congratulations, Bobbie!
