Location ZOOM
Time: 18:00 – 19:30 Uhr

Tobias Schuwerk (Leitung des Ausbildungsinstitut und der Institutsambulanz des Münchner Universitären Instituts für Kinder- und Jugendlichenpsychotherapie-Ausbildung / Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)

Typical and atypical developmental trajectories of early childhood social cognition.

In the first years of life, children learn to understand mental states such as goals, desires, feelings or beliefs, which gives them access to the subjective view of others and enables them to use this knowledge in social interactions. If children do not acquire this ability or acquire it with a delay, this can have far-reaching developmental consequences. In my talk, I present current developmental and clinical research on typical and atypical developmental trajectories of social cognition, with a focus on identifying critical bifurcations of these trajectories in autism spectrum disorders. Another focus is on the role of language in early social cognitive development and whether the acquisition of social cognitive skills can be promoted.

Please request the zoom link from nadin.klueber(at)fh-potsdam.de