Symposium Early Childhood (0-7 years) in Research and Practice

• Program        
  13:00        Welcome        
  13:15        Thematic sessions and discussion (parallel, choose one)        
  1. Relationships between developmental domains in Early Childhood        
• Motor skills and executive functions in early childhood: overlapping constructs? Gerda van der Veer, MSc.
• Predicting long-term retention of a unique event in preschoolers, Dr. Ineke Wessel
• Scaffolding communication and language of young children with congenital deafblindness, Dr. Saskia Damen
• Classroom quality and the development of language and executive functioning, Annegien Langeloo, MSc.

       
2. Assessment in Early Childhood        

• Defining stability and its role in early childhood assessment, Niek Frans, MSc.
• Assessing mathematical ability in kindergarten, Dr. Anne van Hoogmoed
• Early detection of atypical language development, Dr. Margreet Luinge
• Motor development of young children with cognitive and motor developmental delays, Gertruud Schalen, MSc.

       
3. Interventions in Early Childhood        

• Video-feedback coaching program for mothers and their young children with autism, Dr. Henderien Steenbeek
• Promoting social participation of kindergarten students with disabilities, Florianne Rademaker, MSc.
• Using EMDR for young children with pre-verbal trauma, Dr. Hinke Boomsma

       
14:45        Coffee Break        
15:15        Hands-on workshops (parallel, choose one)        

• 1. Assessment of motor skills and executive functions in Early Childhood        
  Dr. Suzanne Houwen, Dr. Marja Cantell, Gerda van der Veer, MSc.        
• 2. Observational research in Early Childhood: A hands-on practice session        
  Dr. Marijn van Dijk, Dr. Steffie van der Steen, Lisette de Jonge-Hoekstra, MSc.        
• 3. Supporting families with young children: practical examples from Rotterdam        
  Arianne Abbring, lecturer        
  

Registration

Before Tuesday March 28, via s.van.der.steen@rug.nl