Juliaan Van Acker
Emeritus professor Radboud University Nijmegen (The Netherlands)
Born August 19, 1940 Bruges (Belgium)
Ph. D., Psychological and Pedagogical Sciences, Ghent, State University
1963-1966: Development-Aid Worker, République Démocratique du Congo
1967-1969: Assistant, Free University Brussels, Department of Developmental Psychology
1968-1975: Civil Servant, Ministry of Justice, Brussels
1973-1975: Director of the State Clinic and Re-education Institution, Bruges ( a youth prison for adolescent girls, now located in Beernem)
1975-1977: Researcher, Free University Amsterdam, Adolescent Therapist at the 'Pedologisch Instituut'
1977-1980: Director 'Orthopedagogisch Instituut Otto Gerhard Heldring', Zetten (a Dutch treatment center for severely conduct disordered adolescents)
1980-2001: Professor of Orthopedagogical Sciences, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Head of the "Family Project"( a project for intensive family treatment for severely conduct disordered and delinquent children and adolescents)
2001-... : private practice (parenting advice, training school teachers in creating safe schools, training teams of youth workers and consulting on juvenile delinquency prevention and treatment )
2010-2013: Head of the Pilot Project Roermond ( a community-based intervention program for recidivistic and violent young offenders)
20.. : Died with the Lord's blessing
Married since 1965 with Frieda Wintein; three children Roxane, Francis and Olivier; two grandchildren Julie and Kylian