Development across the lifespan

Research in this area will advance educational, social and behavioral approaches that address developmental challenges — allowing individuals to participate more fully in education, the workforce and social environments while aiding their families and caregivers and decreasing economic costs to society.

Select KU research in this area

Panying Rong shows some of the equipment researchers in her lab use to measure speech organs.

Research gives insight into the effect of neurodegenerative diseases on speech rhythm

Panying Rong, associate professor of speech-language-pathology, is improving early detection of progressive communicative disorders in people with neurodegenerative diseases to personalize speech therapy.
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Woman holding her hands in an anxious posture.

Don’t look away: Study shows teenage girls who avoid potentially negative feedback prone to higher anxiety

To better understand anxiety, a psychologist from the University of Kansas studied 90 teenage girls in sessions spanning three years, using wearable eye-tracking glasses as the subjects gave a speech to two judges.
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KU campus in the fall.

KU lands grant to expand research including individuals with disabilities, creating new career pathways

The research team at the Kansas University Center on Disabilities will expand its Inclusive Research Learning Series, engaging with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to ensure research is driven by the values of people with disabilities.
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Photo of students with cap and gown.

New book to help educators empower every student by changing approach to education

Why do some students understand themselves as capable of making a difference and others do not? That is the question at the heart of a new book that calls for change in the way schools educate young people.
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