Stuttering in preschool age children
In order to provide appropriate care to preschoolers who stutter, accurate advice and timely referral are essential. With ...
Research line
Assessment and intervention
How can we ensure that children and adults with communicative, cognitive or developmental challenges can participate in society as smoothly as possible? Within this research line, we gather expertise on the broad field of diagnostic methods and materials that can help in this, as well as the action-oriented interventions that follow.
Diagnosis, counselling and intervention
Within the research line Assessment and Intervention, we conduct research into diagnostics, guidance and intervention for children and adults with communicative, cognitive or developmental challenges. To this end, we collaborate with a team of speech therapists, audiologists, psychologists and educational scientists.
By delving into the domains of cognitive functioning, multilingualism and reading/fluency, we aim to ensure, among other things, that multilingual children, people with cognitive impairment and persons who stutter can participate smoothly in society. We do this by focusing on research projects that, for example, provide a fluent reading start for children, aim to develop cognitive test batteries or seek to improve communication for people with aphasia.
Talent-oriented and accessible care
With our research, we support:
- (Care) professionals, such as clinical psychologists, neuro-, occupational and school psychologists, psychological consultants, CLB staff, speech therapists, audiologists and occupational therapists
- managers of health and education institutions
- client or patient associations
Our team
Research line coordinator
Dorien Vandenborre
Dorien Vandenborre (PhD) has been a lecturer-researcher at the People and Well-being Expertise Centre since 2015. She has expertise in neurogenic communication disorders and qualitative research (in-depth interviews).
Researcher
Ivo Bernaerts
Ivo Frans Bernaerts is a psychologist-researcher with a PhD in participation and co-determination at the Open University of the Netherlands. His research focuses, among other things, on the development of psychodiagnostic tools.
Researcher
Mieke Decuyper
Mieke Decuyper (PhD) has been a lecturer-researcher in the People and Well-being research group since 2017. Mieke has expertise in personality diagnostics and the development and standardisation of psychodiagnostic instruments.
Researcher
Wendy D'haenens
Wendy D'haenens (PhD) has been a lecturer-researcher in the People and Well-being research group since 2016. She is an expert in subjective and objective evaluation of hearing, (classroom) acoustics and ICF (WHO) applications within speech therapy
Researcher
Kurt Eggers
Kurt Eggers has a BA in medicine, MA in speech therapy and audiology and PhD in biomedical sciences (KULeuven) and Developmental Psychology (U Tilburg). He is a researcher/teacher of stuttering and brodling at Thomas More.
Researcher
Astrid Geudens
Astrid is a researcher (PhD) in language and reading didactics and has a passion for everything to do with early literacy and early reading. Since 2006, she has actively sought to bridge the gap between scientific research and educational practice.
Researcher
Noortje Hermans
Noortje Hermans (MSc), as a Neuro- and Rehabilitation Psychologist within the People and Well-being Research Group, takes a closer look at neuropsychological diagnostic tools.
Researcher
Steven Joris
Steven Joris (MSc) has been a researcher in the People and Well-being research group since 2017. He has expertise in diagnostics, test psychology and mental health policy.
Researcher
Annelies Labaere
Annelies Labaere is a speech therapist and lecturer at Thomas More Antwerp. Together with a team of enthusiastic colleagues, she shapes the voice and speech curricula, coordinates the postgraduate voice course and also conducts research.
Researcher
Heleen Leysen
Heleen Leysen (PhD) has been a lecturer-researcher in the People and Well-being Research Group since 2014. She has expertise in language development disorders in multilingual children.
Researcher
Charlotte Mostaert
Charlotte Mostaert (MSc) has been a lecturer-researcher in the People and Well-Being Research Group since 2010. She has expertise in language development disorders and multilingualism.
Researcher
Kirsten Schraeyen
Kirsten Schraeyen (PhD) has been a lecturer-researcher in the Human and Well-being Research Group since 2004. She has expertise in oral and written language development disorders in a multilingual context.
Researcher
Jorien Smets
Jorien Smets holds a PhD from KU Leuven and wrote a doctoral thesis on 'cognitive processes in depression and post-traumatic stress disorder'. As a researcher, she was involved in several projects of the expertise centre People and Well-being.
Researcher
Marlies Tierens
Marlies Tierens (PhD) has been a lecturer-researcher in the People and Well-being research group since 2012. She has expertise in intelligence measurement, cognitive (highly) giftedness, test development and adaptation.
Researcher
Jean-Philippe Van Dijck
Jean-Philippe van Dijck (PhD) has been a lecturer-researcher in the People and Well-being research group since 2016. He has expertise in cognitive skills, mathematical skills and cognitive neuropsychology.
Researcher
Sabine Van Eerdenbrugh
Sabine Van Eerdenbrugh (PhD) has been a lecturer-researcher in the People and Well-being research group since 2014. An expert in stuttering, she is a member of the international LPTC and EBPracticeNet (Cebam).
Researcher
Dinska Van Gucht
Dinska Van Gucht (PhD) has worked as a lecturer within the Applied Psychology programme since 2013 and teaches General Psychology and Health Psychology.
Researcher
Cédric Vanneste
Cédric Vanneste is part of the People and Well-being research group. He participates in research on transgressive behaviour within various contexts. Within the scope of undergraduate theses, he supervises research on exhibitionism, among others.
Researcher
Katrijn Van Parijs
Katrijn Van Parijs has been a lecturer-researcher in the People and Well-being research group since 2013. She has expertise in diagnostics, test psychology, intelligence and neuropsychology.
Researcher
Ineke Wilssens
Ineke Wilssens studied speech therapy science at Utrecht University and has been a researcher at the expertise centre Man and Welfare since 2017. Communicative development and speech disorders form her research area.
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