Early Childhood

Early Childhood is an interdisciplinary research community within the strategic theme ‘Dynamics of Youth’. The community focuses on the period from conception to early childhood.

Criticial period

The time from conception to toddlerhood is critical to brain development, language acquisition, motor skills, and the social, emotional and cognitive skills that children need to interact and play with others. Early childhood marks the occurrence of many milestones and offers myriad opportunities to increase the odds of favourable development of children.

Activities and projects

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  Early Years: blogs Blogs (in Dutch) on wellbeing, diversity and social inclusion in early years and pre-school settings, for professionals working with children aged 0–6.
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  How can children contribute to your research? Researchers and social partners discuss co-creation with young children in a series of webinars (in Dutch).

Team

The chairs of the community Early Childhood are:

• Prof. dr. Aoju Chen
• Dr. Jeroen Dudink
• Dr. Marjolein Verhoeven

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