Ingrid Singer
Ingrid Singer MA has been researching the communicative participation of children with developmental language disorder (DLD) at the Speech and Language Therapy research group since 2014. Her PhD research focuses on the development of knowledge and tools that allows communicative participation to be discussed by parents and practitioners and thus given a place in the treatment of children with DLD.
As a researcher, I like to have an impact on the opportunities to participate for children with DLD. I use both quantitative and qualitative research methods, including participatory approaches and design methodologies. The translation of knowledge into practically applicable products is very appealing to me. This fits in well with my background in communication science, psychology and speech and language therapy.
"Through research and innovation, we can open doors for children with developmental language disorders."
In her teaching hours, she developed a management game with students and practitioners for third year bachelor students Speech and Language therapy. The game simulates a situation where a group of students run a clinic together, encountering ethical issues, and addressing quality of care in a setting that encourages entrepreneurship and innovation.
Fields of Expertise
- Developmental Language Disorder
- Personal and Environmental factors (ICF-CY)
- Design methodologies
- Patient and family engagement in research
Publications
- A systematic scoping review on contextual factors associated with communicative participation among children with developmental language disorder
- Using co-design to develop a tool for shared goal-setting with parents in speech and language therapy
- Using co‐design to develop a tool for shared goal‐setting with parents in speech and language therapy
Downloads and links
- Poster ENGAGE Interpretability
- Poster ENGAGE Consensus
- Tutorial video on the ENGAGE conversation tool, which parents and speech therapists can use together to set goals for communicative participation. The video is recorded in Dutch. English subtitles are available via the ‘gear icon’ > subtitles > automatic translation > English.