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Staff members with discipline Education, Special

Academia develops at the interface of different fields. This is one reason why the University of Groningen is home to a wide range of fields, each with a great number of subject specialists. The overview below, which is based on a standard categorization of fields, will help you find the right expert for each field. If you cannot find the expert you are looking for in this list, try searching via a related field or faculty; you may find him or her there.

Overview of all disciplines

Child and family welfare services
Families experiencing multiple problems
dr. A.G. (Arjen) van Assen
Contact
a.g.van.assen rug.nl
+31 50 36 39323
Function
Assistant professor
Demedicalisation and normalisation of challenging child behaviors
Dealing with challinging child behaviors
prof. dr. L. (Laura) Batstra
Contact
l.batstra rug.nl
Function
Professor
Field / Discipline
- Giftedness
- Twice-exceptional
- Special educational needs
E.J. Beckmann, MSc
Contact
e.j.beckmann rug.nl
Function
Junior research assistant
Inclusive and special needs education, social participation, well-being, special educational needs,  social- emotional and/or behaviour difficulties, creating an optimal educational environment
prof. dr. A.A. (Anke) de Boer
Contact
anke.de.boer rug.nl
+31 50 36 39306
Function
Associate Professor
Field / Discipline
Educational Innovations
Active Learning and Active Learning Spaces / Classrooms
Soundscape Research
Special Needs Education
dr. K.A. (Kirsten) van den Bosch
Contact
k.a.van.den.bosch rug.nl
+31 50 36 37761
Function
Assistant Professor
R.E. (Rineke) Bossenbroek, MSc
Contact
r.e.bossenbroek rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Effectiveness/implementation of interventions in supporting people with intellectual and multiple disabilities
dr. A. (Annet) ten Brug
Contact
a.ten.brug rug.nl
+31 6 3198 4985
Function
Senior researcher at the academic collaborative center PIMD and teacher at department of Inclusive and special needs education
dr. M.D.C. (Mijntje) ten Brummelaar
Contact
m.d.c.ten.brummelaar rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
Early Assessment and Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Motor Development, Pediatric Health Psychology, Dance Movement Therapy
M.H. (Marja) Cantell, Dr
Contact
m.h.cantell rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
Expertise over de ontwikkeling van het kind in dynamische interactie met met de omgeving. Thema's: leerkracht-leerlinginteracties, leren in de diverse klas, eerste en tweede taalverwerving, problemen in de vroegkinderlijke ontwikkeling, de ontwikkeling... lees meer
prof. dr. M.W.G. (Marijn) van Dijk
Contact
m.w.g.van.dijk rug.nl
+31 50 36 36324
Function
Full Professor
Docent binnen de volgende vakken:
* Supervisie masterstage
* Casuïstiek
* Stageterugkomdagen
* Klinische orthopedagogische vaardigheden, oplossingsgericht werken
* Diagnostiek en behandeling
* Orthopedagogische reflecties een brug tussen theorie en Praktijk
A.A.M. (Anouk) van Es, MSc
Contact
a.a.m.van.es rug.nl
Function
Teacher
N. (Niek) Frans, PhD
Contact
n.frans rug.nl
+31 50 36 37631
Function
Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, SLI, ADHD, Eye Tracking, EEG, fMRI, SPSS, E-Prime, Matlab, MLA, PCA, CFA, Borland Delphi, C++, VBA, MPlus
dr. B.J.A. (Barry) de Groot
Contact
b.j.a.de.groot rug.nl
+31 50 36 36846
Function
Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
Unaccompanied minor refugees, transition to adulthood
No picture available
Contact
lise.hacquebord rug.nl
+31 50 36 33840
Function
PhD candidate
Field / Discipline
Katrien Helmerhorst works as an assistant professor at the unit of Child and Family Welfare. Her research has a focus on three main topics: 1) parenting behavior of (professional) caregivers, 2) early childcare centers, and 3) effectiveness of parenting... read more
dr. K.O.W. (Katrien) Helmerhorst
Contact
k.o.w.helmerhorst rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
Reading development, tutoring, classroom behavior, equal opportunities, students with special educational needs, inclusive education
dr. M. (Mariëtte) Hingstman
Contact
m.hingstman rug.nl
+31 6 3198 4918
Function
Assistant professor
drs. M. (Maartje) Hofman
Contact
m.hofman05 umcg.nl
+31 50 36 38009
Function
Field / Discipline
Education Policy; Emotions and Motivation in SLA; Language Learning Problem
S. (Shaomin) Hou, MSc
Contact
s.hou rug.nl
+31 50 36 36596
Function
Idiographic methods; Youth care
No picture available
Contact
d.h.g.hulsmans rug.nl
Function
Field / Discipline
Collaboration in special education and youth care; schooldropout; practice oriented research
dr. A.M.N. (Anne-Marie) Huyghen
Contact
a.m.n.huyghen rug.nl
+31 50 36 36788
Function
universitair docent
Deafblindness, Multi-sensory disabilities, Communication and Language, Special Education and Rehabilitation, Developmental Psychology
prof. dr. H.J.M. (Marleen H.J.M.) Janssen
Contact
h.j.m.janssen rug.nl
+31 50 36 36575
Function
Full Professor Special Needs Education
Field / Discipline
Early childhood; development; referal to special education; out-of-school care; transition
dr. E. (Erica) Kamphorst
Contact
e.kamphorst rug.nl
+31 50 36 33205
Function
Assistant professor
Field / Discipline
Interventions for families with multiple and complex problems and so-called at-risk families; Collaboration of professionals with these families and professionals among each other; Practice-oriented research
dr. J. (Jana) Knot-Dickscheit
Contact
j.knot-dickscheit rug.nl
+31 50 36 36576
Function
Associate Professor
Field / Discipline
Leesontwikkeling, redzaamheidslezen, leesproblemen/dyslexie, gedragsproblemen
drs. L.J. Koning
Contact
l.j.koning rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Teacher-student interactions, engagement and well-being, creativity, (special) educational needs
prof. dr. W.E. (Elisa) Kupers
Contact
w.e.kupers rug.nl
Function
Associate professor
Lydia Laninga-Wijnen did her PhD at the department of Interdisciplinary Social Science, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. She has worked on the project "Social Network Analysis of Risk behavior in Early Adolescence" and examined the role of popular... read more
A.M. (Lydia) Laninga-Wijnen, M
Contact
a.m.laninga-wijnen rug.nl
Function
Postdoctoral fellow
Interdisciplinary approach (complexity, developmental and clinical science); time serial methods to understand (individual) processes of (clinical) change and psychopathology. 
A. (Anna) Lichtwarck-Aschoff, Prof
Contact
a.lichtwarck-aschoff rug.nl
+31 50 36 32895
Function
Chair
Child and family welfare;  decision-making; inequalities in  child protection family foster care; residential child and youth care; transition to adulthood from public care; LGBTQIA+ youth in care; participation of children and families in the child... read more
prof. dr. M. (Mónica) Lopez Lopez
Contact
m.lopez.lopez rug.nl
Function
Professor
dr. J. (Jorien) Luijkx
Contact
j.luijkx rug.nl
Function
Assistent professor
Field / Discipline
L. (Lisa) Luimes, MSc
Contact
lisa.luimes rug.nl
+31 50 36 36301
Function
Academic advisor Pedagogical & Educational Sciences
dr. C.B. (Carolien) Lunenborg
Contact
c.b.lunenborg rug.nl
+31 6 3198 4706
Function
Lecturer, coordinator
Field / Discipline
A.H. (Agnes) Maat-Westerink, MSc
Contact
a.h.maat-westerink rug.nl
Function
Lecturer
Field / Discipline
dr. A. (Astrid) Menninga
Contact
a.menninga rug.nl
Function
Assistant professor
Motivation and academic emotions, social-emotional learning, specific learning disorders, autism spectrum disorders, giftedness, twice-exceptionality, towards inclusive and equitable quality education, innovation, implementation and transformation in... read more
prof. dr. A.E.M.G. (Alexander) Minnaert
Contact
a.e.m.g.minnaert rug.nl
+31 50 36 36495
Function
Professor Inclusion and Special Needs Education & Clinical Educational Sciences / Research project leader Specific Learning Disorders and educational problems
I.H. (Irene) Niessen
Contact
i.h.niessen rug.nl
+31 50 36 36362
Function
Academic advisor Pedagogical and Educational Sciences
Motivation, well-being, Self-Determination Theory, special education, qualitative research, student voice.
No picture available
Contact
w.a.j.norder rug.nl
Function
PhD student
dr. B.G. (Bé) Poolman
Contact
b.g.poolman rug.nl
Function
Universitair Docent
Field / Discipline
Developmental Psychopathology; Depression; Anxiety; Adolescents; Applied video games; Serious video games; Predicting psychopathology onset
dr. M. (Marlou) Poppelaars
Contact
m.poppelaars rug.nl
+31 6 2553 2354
Function
Assistant professor, Developmental Psychology
Autism | Family and Child Studies | Education | Mental Health | Resilience
N. (Novika) Purnama Sari, PhD
Contact
n.purnama.sari rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
Support of peaple with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. Especially movement oriented support. 
prof. dr. A.A.J. (Annette) van der Putten
Contact
a.a.j.van.der.putten rug.nl
Function
Associate Professor
Field / Discipline
Inclusive education, social participation, cooperative learning, intervention development, social validity
dr. F.C. (Florianne) Rademaker
Contact
f.c.rademaker rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor Pedagogical and Educational Sciences
Field / Discipline
Y.G. (Ymke) Riemersma, MSc
Contact
y.g.riemersma rug.nl
+31 50 36 36191
Function
PhD Candidate
Unaccompanied minor asylum seekers
Asylum and migration
Evaluation research
Trafficking in human beings
No picture available
Contact
monika.smit rug.nl
Function
Professor endowed chair Psychosocial care for unaccompamied minor asylum seekers
Field / Discipline
animal-assisted therapy and interventions, micro-developmental research, observational research, child-adult interactions, child-animal interactions, time-serial coding and analysis, dynamic systems theory, cross-recurrence quantification analysis, autism... read more
dr. S. (Steffie) van der Steen
Contact
s.van.der.steen rug.nl
+31 50 36 36303
Function
associate professor
 International comparison studies, Inclusive Education, children's social and emotional development, qualitative research
R. (Run ) Tan
Contact
r.tan rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
- Families with multiple and complex problems (FMCP)
- Intensive family interventions
- Effective elements of care for FMCP
- Effectiveness studies
- Taxonomy of interventions for families with multiple and complex problems (TIFMP)
dr. L. (Loraine) Visscher
Contact
l.visscher rug.nl
+31 6 3198 4966
Function
Assistant Professor
Deafblindness, sensory impairments
M. (Mijkje) Worm, MA MSc
Contact
m.s.worm rug.nl
Function
PhDstudent
Field / Discipline
My expertise lies in the application of children's rights (art. 3 best interests of the child, art. 6 right to development, art. 12 participation, art. 2 non-discrimination) in decision-making and safe upgrowing of children. What should be taken into... read more
dr. A.E. (Elianne) Zijlstra
Contact
a.e.zijlstra rug.nl
+31 50 36 36541
Function
Associate Professor
H.J. (Lydie) Zwartenkot-Norder, MSc
Contact
h.j.zwartenkot-norder rug.nl
Function
Field / Discipline
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