Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong

Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong, PhD, is an assistant professor in Psychology. Her research focuses on various aspects of child and adolescent psychology, including parenting, family, children with special needs, and intervention. She has a background in child and adolescent assessments and therapy, with specific training and expertise in children with special needs. As PI or co- Investigator on several university- and NIH-funded grants, Saengduean laid the groundwork for
the proposed research by developing effective interventions for children with social and emotional difficulties delivered by psychologists who work at a primary care hospital.

In addition, with a team of collaborators, Saengduean documented the effectiveness of various intervention models for children with special needs. This body of work discusses the effectiveness of the DIR/floortime on children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) and their caregivers, as well as the benefit of animals in terms of promoting children’s social and emotional development. She also worked on measuring parental burnout in Thai context. Thus, working with children, adolescents, families, and parents are the essential topics of her interest.

Saengduean is also the author of a number of scientific papers published in journals and books of children, adolescents and parenting.