About

Kim Struyf
Director Early Development

Gaby Pereira Martins
Master Educational Sciences

Erik Van Acker
Senior General Manager

Katryna Dow
Founder & CEO

Jo Vercammen
CTO

Jan Vereecken
CPO

Mars El-Bougrini
Head of Design

Maria Rodrigues
Marketing

Zak Barbuto
Developer

Linas Išganaitis
Developer

Hongfei Yang
Developer

Yuri Leikind
Developer

Maarten Leyts
CEO

Lina Juvens
Trend Researcher

Ine De Clippel
Project Manager

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Designed by Heder

Heder provides care and guidance to improve quality of life for children with different abilities, their families and extended networks. Their multidisciplinary experts work together to give support in different ways including creative play, adjusted sports, training, physical and psychological therapy. Services are available in the home, day-care, school or on campus. These are just some of the ways Heder contributes to a more inclusive society.

Trendwolves

Researched by Trendwolves

Trendwolves is a trend research, strategic marketing and communication agency focusing on global youth culture. They see youngsters as the driving force of innovation. Trendwolves provide understanding through research and constant reviewing. They help organisations understand the cultural environment they are part of and are connected with. This is used to forge products and services that enhance meaningful relationships, energize and inspire people.

Powered by Meeco

Meeco is a pioneer in personal data management and committed to developing a safe and more accessible digital world for children. Meeco has received five global awards for developing simple tools to keep personal data safe, secure and private. In 2019 Meeco was selected by KBC Groep to develop a Digital Safe for their Belgian mobile banking customers and will now bring that data security to mIKs-it.

The Creators

mIKs-it is built with love by a diverse team of experts and co-created with children and their grown-ups.

Supported by Research

The joy of learning starts with curiosity.

How can we give children with different abilities a safe way to digitally interact with their daily life?

The imaginative team at Heder asked Trendwolves to help test and validate mIKs-it with a group of families. Meeco then developed a prototype to enable the children to have a real mIKs-it experience.

Our research included children with different abilities, their families, carers and educators.
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After two studies, with children under eight, our big question was, “should we build mIKs-it” and the answer was “yes!”

"There is a movie of our son and his father in which he watches himself riding a bike. He likes that. If he watches the movie he always makes the gesture of cycling. So that's nice. He's starting to learn some things from it. So that's great to see"

—
Bea, mother
‍from mIKs-it research

"Through mIKs-it children can find a better connection to their own reality and strengthen their inner self. An important developmental task for young children."

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Gabriel, children's psychologist
‍from mIKs-it research

"Looking at pictures is very important for toddlers, even babies. We ask parents to bring pictures of family members and familiar faces. This makes the children respond positively..."

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Farah, day-care worker
from mIKs-it research

"Through mIKs-it, more connections can be made with the child. You are able to speak about the parents and about the child. Children will benefit from this. It’s easier for them to show things in their context.”

— Xavier, children's therapist from miKs-it research