Luciana Oliveira De Angelis

Organisation: Mackenzie Presbyterian University

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City: São Paulo

Roles: - Postgraduate Lecturer – Teaching postgraduate courses in Psychopedagogy, with a focus on learning, neurodevelopment, and inclusive educational practices, - Inclusion Consultant and Play Therapist – Providing consultancy and professional training for clinical and educational teams in neurodiversity-affirming practices and behavioural support, - Postdoctoral Researcher – Human Development Sciences, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Brazil, with research focused on neurodevelopment, learning processes, and play-based interventions

Bio: PhD in Human Development Sciences and a Master’s degree in Developmental Disorders. She is a researcher at the Childhood and Adolescence Research Laboratory at Mackenzie Presbyterian University (Brazil), where she conducts pioneering studies in Brazil on the use of LEGO®-Based Therapy to support the development of neurodivergent children and adolescents. She is also a facilitator in the Parental Support Program (PAM) at UNIFESP, working with parental guidance within the Early Childhood Care Program (PAPI). A Clinical and Institutional Psychopedagogue, Luciana has extensive experience in both educational and clinical settings. She holds postgraduate specializations in Communication, Neuroscience, Applied Psychology, and Applied Behavior Analysis. As an Inclusion and Neurodiversity Consultant and postgraduate lecturer, she works in teacher education, humanization of care, inclusive practices, and curricular adaptation. She also provides psychopedagogical support and delivers clinical interventions using LEGO®-Based Therapy with children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental delays.