Who are we?

Our close group includes professors, researchers and clerical staff - people from different backgrounds and with different skills. The TEDS team doesn't end here though; it extends to include all of our families  who take part in our important work.

What do we do?

With the input from TEDS families we are learning about many aspects of childrens' development. The focus of TEDS is the issue of nature (the characteristics we inherit from our parents) and nurture (our environments such as home or school).

How do we do it?

We are finding out how genes (nature) and the environment (nurture) affect development by comparing identical twins and fraternal (non-identical) twins. Families have  given us a wealth of information in questionnaires, face to face visits and over the telephone and now we hope to stay in touch over the web too.

How does this help you?

If we can understand how and why some children differ in their development we may be able to use this information to make the job of growing up smoother for children, parents and teachers.

Supporting our families

Please contact us if you have any questions or comments about TEDS. We also have a web page of links to other web sites offering general support and advice for parents and multiple-birth families.