Education
- Master's, Developmental Psychology, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Project: Strange, isn't it? A study of the test-retest stability of the Strange Situation with heart-rate measurements and its validity for day-care infants
- Ph.D., Educational Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. Project: Peer acceptance, parent-child fantasy play interactions, and subjective experience of the self-in-relation: A study of 4- and 5-year-old children
Biography
Dr. Ilse DeKoeyer came to Utah from The Netherlands in the year 2000. She has conducted research into early parent-child relationships, emotional development, and the development of self-awareness. In 2006, she had a baby of her own. Since then, she has mostly been teaching psychology classes at the University of Utah: developmental psychology (spanning all ages, from infancy to old age), abnormal child psychology, general psychology, research methods, field experience, and others. In 2015, she was awarded the Superior Teaching Award of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (CSBS). Recently, she was part of the team that co-created the Infant Mental Health Certificate. Please contact her for more informaion if you are interested in learning more!
Dr. DeKoeyer has done many professional development presentations and trainings for professionals in the field of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health. Since 2015, she has been working in the field part-time position, as a Child Development Specialist with Help Me Grow Utah. Help Me Grow is a free parenting information and resource line that offers parenting support, child development information, developmental screening for young children, and connection to resources in the community. Dr. DeKoeyer is a founding Board Member and Past President of the Utah Association for Infant Mental Health (UAIMH).