Jan Waterink

Jan Waterink (20 October 1890 – 29 November 1966) was a Dutch pastor, psychologist and educationist who pioneered approaches to the testing and instruction of children with special needs.

[1] Waterink was born in Den Hulst where his family, originally from Nieuwleusen, lived.

With a growing need for dealing with children and their education, he founded a Paedological Institute in 1931 which later subsumed the Psychotechnical Laboratory.

During the Nazi period, Waterink hid Jewish children at institute.

[2] He married Joukje van der Kam in 1914 and the couple had no children.