Dr J.M.G.M. Stoep (Judith)

Judith Stoep works as a teacher, researcher and liaison officer in Pedagogical Sciences and Educational Sciences. Her interest in the young child, language development and educational opportunities stems from the doctoral research she conducted on the development of reading skills in children from different socioeconomic backgrounds and the insight that that it makes sense to establish a solid foundation for language, literacy and communication skills in young children. Early childhood education (ECE) therefore has her attention, including topics such as language stimulation, beginning literacy, storybook reading and professionalization of pedagogical staff and teachers. She has also conducted practice-based research into interventions for speech, language and communication disorders and is affiliated with the Chair of Augmentative and Alternative Communication. She uses her experiences in this field in issues of special and inclusive education. She was the coordinator (from the Expertise Center Dutch) of several short-term NRO educational research projects on developmental language disorders (DLD) and Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS). She is the scientific coordinator of the Academic Workplace for Educational Opportunities in Arnhem/Nijmegen (WOAN).