Tough Turtles and Courageous Dinosaurs: boosting the resilience of children worldwide
18 Sep 2020
The impact of traumatic childhood experiences can continue into physical and mental disorders in adulthood. Profound experiences are death of family members or being on the run in conflict areas. Resilience acts as a significant buffer against risks and resilient children are better able to deal with traumatic events. TNO develops evidence-based intervention programmes to make children more resilient.
What is resilience of children and what is TNO offering?
Resilience is about being able to cope with the demands of society, to make independent choices, and to deal with setbacks. TNO develops evidence-based intervention programmes to make children more resilient, which can be used by schools, preventive child healthcare, welfare and other professional organizations.
This TNO project supports the following sustainable development goal
Improving a Child’s Future in the First 1,000 Days
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Fortunately, children in the Netherlands grow up in a reasonably healthy way. Yet there are still some aspects that could be improved. For example, there is more obesity among young people today than... Read more
How can we make young people more resilient?
Child Health
Within the Child Health expertise area the focus lies on preventive care for children on the basis of the whole child. In other words, looking at the connection between the child's physical, social and... Read moreInnovation for development
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