On maths and learning disability, with Dr Jo Van Herwegen
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English - May 14, 2020 10:44 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBScience psychology research children development science mental health learning cognition disability Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Dr Jo Van Herwegen is a developmental psychologist at UCL Institute of Education who specialises in improving educational outcomes for children with learning difficulties. During this Podcast she chats to Dr Sue Fletcher-Watson about a piece of work looking at mathematical development in children with Williams syndrome and Down syndrome and what this research can tell us about mathematical development for typically developing children.
You can follow Jo on twitter here and her lab group account here.
The paper discussed in this podcast is:
Van Herwegen, J., Ranzato, E., KarmiloffâSmith, A., & Simms, V. (2020). The foundations of mathematical development in Williams syndrome and Down syndrome. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities.
And here is a link to the maths games mentioned in the podcast - you can also find these on twitter by looking for #maths@home