Projects
Reading picture books to stimulate young children’s mathematical development: the contribution of task and teacher competence characteristics KU Leuven
The present PhD project focuses on the stimulation of young children’s (i.e., 3-6-year-olds) mathematical development via picture books. Special attention is paid to the characteristics (content-related characteristics, structural characteristics) of picture books that enhance young children’s mathematical reflections and interactions. The PhD project will involve a series of empirical studies that can be conducted in experimental as well as ...
The development of a care pathway in youth care for children and young people with (complex) emotional and behavioral disorders Ghent University
Children and young people with (complex) emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) are at the intersection between different "sectors" in youth care (VAPH, Agentschap Opgroeien, GGZ).
Despite efforts in the past to come to a more performant treatment and intersectoral cooperation (youth care networks, decree "Integrale Jeugdhulp", GES+, ...) youth care services indicate doubts related to how to deal with the children and young people ...
Posttraumatic growth in young people placed in residential care: Presence and relationships with traumatic stress, maltreatment histories and protective factors KU Leuven
Sexting among young adolescents – focusing on sexting under pressure and secondary sexting. University of Antwerp
Sensory Integration and Balance Control During Standing and Walking under Challenging Conditions in Healthy Young and Older Adults Hasselt University
Turbo 5.0 - Future Bruges Entrepreneurs: comprehensive ecosystem around young entrepreneurship. HOWEST
Constructing Age For Young Readers University of Antwerp
Socially vulnerable young people and their leisure time spending: towards a lifeworld orientation Ghent University
Research on young people’s leisure time participation dominantly focusses on guiding socially
vulnerable young people into organized leisure contexts. In this research project we rely on the
lifeworld orientation to gain more insight into the meaning of leisure for socially vulnerable young
people and how youth workers can develop leisure activities that are meaningful for a diverse
group of youngsters.