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Parental Differential Treatment: Child and family characteristics associated with child outcome KU Leuven

Karla Van Leeuwen
Public Health Psychiatry, Parenting and Special Education
Research on Parental Differential Treatment</> (PDT) focuses on siblings differential experiences within the family and the associations with siblings socio-emotional characteristics. Some of these parenting differences are related to disparity in childrens developmental or temperamental characteristics, but within-family parenting differences can also lead to child perceptions of parental favoritism</></>. Research does ...

Fostering parent involvement in Tibetan schools Ghent University

Martin Valcke
Department of Educational Studies

To counter negative school performance, this research focuses on foster parent engagement, involvement in Tibetan schools. The following research questions are tackled: what are the key components of parent involvement as defined by the Tibetan families in the villafe of Qiongshan (parents' perception of schools, parents' expectations of school and parental participation in schools)? How are external (parental involvement, peer ...

A longitudinal study on neuroanatomical predictors and growth profiles in dyslexia KU Leuven

Pol Ghesquière
Research Group Experimental Oto-rhino-laryngology, Parenting and Special Education

Children’s development of competent language, cognitive and social skills is important for living a normal and fulfilling life. Yet, a significant proportion of children suffers from the neurodevelopmental disorder developmental dyslexia (aka dyslexia), having an increased risk of societal exclusion and state-dependency. Hence, there is great need to improve differential diagnosis and guide appropriate intervention at young age. Brain imaging ...

“Caring is sharing”: Creating a holding environment of quality relationships between the home and the facilitated group-home for children with extensive support needs. KU Leuven

Bea Maes
Parenting and Special Education, Clinical Psychology
The proposed PDM project handles the issue of sharing the care for children or adolescents with severe or profound intellectual disabilities (SPID), in which care is shared between the home environment and the facilitated group-home as care contexts. Though a number of valid reasons could be given to choose for a (part-time) transition to a facilitated group-home, this transition is still major for both the parents and their children with SPID. ...

Work, living arrangements and social policy. An exploration of socio-economic differentials in family formation in Belgium using an administrative socio-demographic panel. University of Antwerp

Karel Neels
Centre for Population, Family and Health
Since the 1970s Belgium and most European countries have witnessed a baby bust, with period fertility levels declining below the replacement level of 2.1 children per woman. This project analyses recent trends in union and family formation in Belgium and aims to assess how patterns of family formation are likely to develop in the near future. In addressing this research question, the project considers four factors that are particularly relevant: ...

An empirical investigation into the middle-and higher-income bias in social spending and welfare state redistribution across 20 countries, 1985-2013 KU Leuven

Wim Van Lancker
Centre for Sociological Research

Welfare states that are effective in reducing poverty have high levels of social spending. Yet, changes in social spending cannot explain changes in poverty outcomes. Inequalities increased almost everywhere and so did levels of social spending, but in many countries social spending became less effective in keeping poverty at bay. So, then, why did social spending became less pro-poor in some countries but not in others? The central ...

Genetic engineering of neural stem cells as a flexible model to evaluate functional impact of patient-specific variants in cognitive disorders. University of Antwerp

Geert Vandeweyer
Cognitive Genetics (COGNET)
Recent advances in the technology of sequencing have boosted the hunt for novel disease genes in various disorders beyond the throughput of classic functional follow-up. For neurodevelopmental disorders, and more specifically intellectual disability, sequencing both unaffected parents and the patient has been very successful in identifying de novo mutations as a major cause of disease. Using this approach, our group recently identified the ADNP ...

An ancestor's tale: 200 years of wealth inequality and redistributive policy. University of Antwerp

Oscar Gelderblom
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Centre for Urban History
Social positions of children are not fully explained by talents and effort, but also by the social position of parents, grandparents, and even earlier generations. The role of income and education in explaining patterns of social mobility has often been studied, but those factors no longer seem able to sufficiently explain the remarkably low level of intergenerational social mobility attested by recent studies. The role of wealth has too often ...

Towards integrated Practices of Schools, Reception Centres and Leisure Time Facilities for Refugee Children: an Action Research Karel de Grote University College

Dietlinde Willockx
Centre of Expertise Pedagogical Support in Day Care and School , Karel de Grote University College

The aim of this project is twofold. Firstly, it aspires to develop and examine cooperative intersectoral practices with stakeholders who work with refugee children in reception centres. Secondly, it purports to gain knowledge to inform future policies on the welcoming of refugee children and their families. The project, then, is both practice-and policy-oriented.

Inspired by the principles of Children Zones, and social ...