Dr. Linda Visser

Projects

• Online study into psychological disorders and stress in children with learning disabilities

Curriculum Vitae

01/2014 - 04/2016	Assistant Professor at the department of Special Needs Education, Groningen University, The Netherlands
01/2010 - 12/2013	PhD at the department of Special Needs Education, Groningen University, The Netherlands
2007 - 2009	Care assistant in respite care for children with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities, St. John of God Community Services, Dublin, Ireland
2006 - 2007	Master in Child and Adolescent Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
2003 - 2006	Bachelor in Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Current research focus

• Comorbidity in children with learning disabilities
• Developmental assessment in young children
• Test validity for children with disabilities

Publications

• Publications (DIPF database of publications)

• List of Publications (pdf)

Selected Publications

• Visser, L., Grunwald, K., Görgen, R., Kalmar, J., Rothe, J., Schulte-Körne G. & Hasselhorn, M. (2017, May). Assessing learning (dis-)abilities and psychological distress via an application: A pilot study. Poster presented at the ESF International Symposium on Dyslexia and Dyscalculia, Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie, LMU München, Germany.
• Van der Putten, A.A.J., Dijkstra, R.D., Huls, J.J., & Visser, L. (2017). Assessment of temperament in children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. A study into the role of motor disabilities in instruments to measure temperament. Cogent Psychology, 4, 1335038. doi:10.1080/23311908.2017.1335038
• Houwen, S., Visser, L., Van der Putten, A.A.J., & Vlaskamp, C. (2016). The interrelationships between motor, cognitive, and language development in children with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 53-54, 19–31. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2016.01.012
• Visser, L., Van der Meulen, B.F., Ruiter, S.A.J., & Boers, E. (2015). Grenzen van grenzentests [Limits of testing the limits]. In J. Knot-Dickscheit, A. M. N. Huyghen, H. J. M. Janssen, W. J. Post, I. Haakma, & H.W.E. Grietens (Eds.), Orthopedagogiek maakt verschil! Profiel en toekomst van een discipline in beweging [Special needs education makes a difference! Profile and future of a moving discipline] (pp. 121-136). Den Haag: Uitgeverij Acco.
• Visser, L. (2014). The Bayley-III-NL special needs addition. A suitable developmental assessment instrument for young children with special needs. Groningen: Stichting Kinderstudies.