CHILD at Jonkoping University: 'We study factors that influence development, learning and health in children'

From the website of Jonkoping University: CHILD is an acronym for Children, Health, Intervention, Learning and Development. Our primary research focus is on interventions, participation, learning, health and everyday functioning in children with special needs, but also in typically developing children. We study factors that influence development, learning and health in children.

A further purpose is to develop and test research methods for studying complex phenomena such as health and learning. The research is conducted in collaboration between the fields of education, special education, health psychology, health care sciences and disability studies. We study processes and effects from a multi-dimensional perspective letting different perspectives meet, contrast and be enriched by each other. In all the research profile connects about 40 professors, senior researchers and doctoral students.

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