
Jo Van Herwegen
@jovanherwegen
Professor in Developmental Psychology and Education. Academic head of research. Focus on neurodevelopmental conditions/SEND and impact on practice/education
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http://www.jovanherwegen.co.uk 18-11-2012 20:15:36
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Williams Syndrome (WS) affects around one in 18,000 people in the UK. Research from Jo Van Herwegen of UCL IOE Psychology and Human Development, with Williams Syndrome UK sought to improve support for children with WS by influencing policy and practice.



Very proud of Erica Ranzato for passing her PhD on “comparing the development of mathematical abilities in neurodevelopmental conditions“ with NO corrections!! Thank you to examiners @silvialanfry and Chris Donlan. And thank you to co-supervisor Professor Andy Tolmie

🎉 Excited to invite all Teachers, SENCOs, Headteachers, and Policy Makers to the launch of the #MetaSENse report & toolkit! Join us to explore new insights and resources for supporting students with Special Educational Needs #EdChat #SEND Nuffield Foundation Centre for Educational Neuroscience LLNR&P


Teachers and educational professionals: we still have a few spaces left for the launch event of the MetaSENse findings and database IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society on 19/09/2024. Centre for Educational Neuroscience #teaching #SEND #education



Congratulations to Dr Vassilis Sideropoulos for passing his PhD viva today with flying colours! Huge thanks to examiners Professor Cecilia A. Essau and Jennifer Allen! Jo Van Herwegen and I are very proud supervisors

Researcher and analyst, Thomas Masterson at the #MetaSENse talking is through our meta-analysis from our Nuffield Foundation funded project run out of #IOE and #CEN UCL IOE Psychology and Human Development Centre for Educational Neuroscience


Targeted interventions that focus on specific difficulties preventing students with SEND from progressing in school can add five months' progress, finds an IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society Centre for Educational Neuroscience report, led by Prof Jo Van Herwegen ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/sep/…

Do targeted interventions work for students with #SEND? Does the one that you use actually have any evidence behind it? Want to explore some new approaches? Check out our New #MetaSENse report and database! educationalneuroscience.org.uk/metasense/ Nuffield Foundation Centre for Educational Neuroscience






It was great to be part of Jamie Oliver documentary! Watch next Monday 9/06 at 9pm. We need early screening and more teacher training on SEND. Check out our MetaSENse database and universal classroom screener #jamiedyslexia


