Ivana Bogavac is a Research Assistant at the Research and Development Institute "Life Activities Advancement Institute" in Belgrade, Serbia. She received her MS at the University of Belgrade in the Faculty for Special Education and Rehabilitation—Speech and Language Pathology. Since 2008, she has been employed as a speech and language therapist at the Institute for Experimental Phonetics and Speech Pathology in Belgrade. Since 2007, she has been employed at the R&D Institute “Life Activities Advancement Institute”, in Belgrade. Her scientific and professional interests are early diagnostics, treatment, and the rehabilitation of children with developmental disorders. Her research focus is on the genetic causes and related speech and language disorders, as well as prenatal aspects of speech and language prevention and stimulation. ORCID ID 0000- 0002-9004-5119