How can children and young people be optimally prepared for the transitions they have to make in their lives – such as starting nursery or moving from school to vocational training? The National Prevention Conference (NPK) will be discussing this with experts from politics, civil society and academia at its ninth Prevention Forum.
\nThe conference will also focus in particular on children and young people for whom such transitions pose particular challenges due to their life circumstances, for example because their parents have limited health or because they have few financial or time resources. In order for them to have the chance to emerge stronger from transitions, they need to have confidence in their own ability to cope with change themselves. This requires framework conditions that enable them to develop self-confidence and self-awareness and to act accordingly.
\nThe responsibilities for ensuring healthy transitions for children and young people lie with health, education, family and labor market policies, among others. In the view of the NPK, the parameters must be set at federal, state and local level so that specialists in family facilities, educational establishments and training companies have sufficient resources to competently support children and young people during transition processes. If this is not achieved, it can have a negative impact on health as well as on further education and careers. <\/p>\n