{"id":34874,"date":"2025-12-15T12:48:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/?post_type=news&#038;p=34874"},"modified":"2025-12-16T19:01:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:01:43","slug":"dr-ferzigers-research-article-selected-as-key-paper-in-prestigious-child-neurology-journal","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/news\/dr-ferzigers-research-article-selected-as-key-paper-in-prestigious-child-neurology-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Ferziger\u2019s Research Article Selected as &#8220;Key Paper&#8221; in Prestigious Child Neurology Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><\/figure>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Dr. Ferziger\u2019s Research<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Article<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Selected as &#8220;Key Paper&#8221; in\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Prestigious Child Neurology Journal<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Ono Academic College is proud to announce that an academic paper by Dr. Naomi Ferziger, the Academic Director of Ono&#8217;s new International School, will be published in the prestigious journal, DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE AND CHILD NEUROLOGY.\u00a0 Ferziger, who is a senior lecturer and former head of the Department of Occupational Therapy at Ono, is listed as first author on the article, together with her scientific mentors Prof. Ruth Feldman and Prof. Ari Zivotofsky. The article was selected by the Editor in Chief as a \u201ckey paper in the January 2026 issue.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p>The article is titled \u201cGaze responses in children with cerebral palsy, cerebral visual impairment, and severe intellectual and developmental disabilities\u201d.\u00a0 The preface to the issue, authored by Dr. Richard Bowman, a London-based and Cambridge-educated ophthalmic surgeon and researcher, notes, \u201cThese authors are to be congratulated for providing some interesting supportive evidence through careful research\u2014a significant contribution to our understanding of visual processing in children with complex neurodevelopmental conditions\u2026..This study provides compelling evidence that thoughtful environmental adaptations and multisensory approaches can enhance visual engagement in children with severe neurodevelopmental conditions.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p>Congratulations, Dr. Ferziger!<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Link to the Review<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/dmcn.16451\u00a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/dmcn.16451\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Link to the Article<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/epdf\/10.1111\/dmcn.16426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/epdf\/10.1111\/dmcn.16426<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34531 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/NEAOMI-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Dr. Naomi Ferziger\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/NEAOMI-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/NEAOMI-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/NEAOMI-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/NEAOMI-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/NEAOMI-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ono Academic College is proud to announce that an academic paper by Dr. Naomi Ferziger, the Academic Director of Ono&#8217;s new International School, will be published in the prestigious journal, DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE AND CHILD NEUROLOGY.\u00a0 Ferziger, who is a senior lecturer and former head of the Department of Occupational Therapy at Ono, is listed as first author on the article, together with her scientific mentors Prof. Ruth Feldman and Prof. Ari Zivotofsky. The article was selected by the Editor in Chief as a \u201ckey paper in the January 2026 issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":34531,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-34874","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categories_news-updates_news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}