14 engl. | Developmental psychologist Prof Jo van Herwegen: WS, attention, pre-learning, maths and transitions at school

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Contact Prof. Dr. Jo van Herwegen

E-Mail: j.vanherwegen@ucl.ac.uk

Jo´s Homepage University College London

Projects and research articles mentioned in the podcast:

Jo`s Blogs for Parents (reading, writing, behaviour, WBS and autism) on the website of the British Williams Syndrome Foundation

Report on the different priorities in WBS research: Shape Research, Change Lives: Setting priorities in genetic syndrome research (free)

Information on the first longitudinal database in Europe for individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders: WiSDom (free)

Article on transitions at school: Anxiety during Transition from Primary to Secondary Schools in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Cross-syndrome Comparison. (OpenAccess)

Article on mathematics: The foundations of mathematical development in Williams syndrome and Down syndrome. Original publication

Article on the neuro-myth: Neuromyths about dyscalculia and dyslexia among educators in the UK. (OpenAccess)

Neuromyths about Special Educational Needs: What should teachers know (free)

Jo's book tip: Stanislas Dehaene (2021): How We Learn. The New Science of Education and the Brain. Penguin

Further publications by Jo van Herwegen

Jo's profile at Google Scholar

Jo's profile at Researchgate

Contact details for the WBS podcast and Prof. Dr. Ingolf Prosetzky

E-mail: wbs-forschung@hszg.de or podcast@w-b-s.de Instagram:www.instagram.com/ingolf_prosetzky

German dubbing voice: Sonja Prosetzky :-)