Maartje van Uffelen

What is your position within the Academic Collaborative Centre PIMD?
As a PhD student, I am involved in research on motor development in young children with severe intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). This research is part of the OJKO projectOJKO project (Monitoring
Young Children with Developmental Delay). Within this project, the development of children with EMB has been followed for several years. We are currently working on a follow-up study to get more information about motor development and factors that influence this development.

What do you hope to achieve?
I find it important to investigate how the environment can best support the (motor) development of children with EMB. With this research I would like to contribute to the knowledge about the motor development of these children. From my previous experience as a caregiver, I have noticed that scientific knowledge can make a positive contribution to the daily lives of these children.

Research projects by Maartje van Uffelen binnen de AW-EMB

• OJKO project