Visitor address:
Childhood Haus Düsseldorf
Himmelgeisterstreasse 228 (Gebäude 12.50, EG)
40225 Düsseldorf
Research interests
- Prevention in early childhood
- Municipal and cross-sectoral prevention strategies
- Child protection and risks of neglect
- Evidence-based improvement of pedagogical quality in kindergarten settings
- Validation of the Early Development Instrument (EDI) to identify vulnerable groups of children in German kindergartens
- Early childhood self-regulation skills
Projects
- Development of a pediatric screening for the prevention and protection against neglect in childhood
- Systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses:
- Moderators and mediators of the relationship between child maltreatment and its negative consequences
- Interventions for kindergarten that promote the development of self-regulation skills
- Environmental factors in kindergarten that can promote the development of self-regulation skills
Selected publications
[PubMed]
Georg, S., Genser, B., Fischer, J., Sachse S., De Bock, F. (2023). Development and validation of a self-regulation scale within the German version of the Early Development Instrument. BMC Pediatrics, 23:509. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-023-04334-1
Eichinger, M., Görig, T., Georg, S., Hoffmann, D., Sonntag, D., Philippi, H., König, J., Urschitz, M. S., & De Bock, F. (2022). Evaluation of a Complex Intervention to Strengthen Participation-Centred Care for Children with Special Healthcare Needs: Protocol of the Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomised PART-CHILD Trial. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(24). doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416865
Georg, S., Bosle, C., Fischer, J. E., & De Bock, F. (2020). Psychometric properties and contextual appropriateness of the German version of the Early Development Instrument. BMC Pediatrics, 20(1), 1–18. doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-02191-w
Georg, S., & De Bock, F. (2017). Standardized observation of development in preschool - New Opportunities. Kinderärztliche Praxis, 88(4), 234–238.
Georg, S., Hambsch, J., Fischer, J. E., & Bock, F. De. (2017). Monitoring of Child Development and School Readiness at the Community Level. European Public Health Conference, 4697.