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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) his a lecturer-researcher in the People and Well-being research, research line Safeguarding Sport & Society. She 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.

Projects