Table 1.

Some important challenges for implementing intellectual stimulation within prevention programs.

Form of intellectual stimulation	Challenges
Education	• Personal support, tutoring programs, and special programs for underachievers starting in early childhood • Psychological support and guidance for children in difficult familiar situations • Financial support for children from low socioeconomic groups for school books, additional learning material and software • Enabling access to higher education for everyone • Higher education programs focused on specific skills (talent-based) specifically for people with low academic performance
Occupational demands	• Willingness to adapt work activity schedules in low cognitively demanding jobs (e.g., rotating activities, adding more demanding tasks etc.) • Offer additional cognitive activities in between regular work tasks for people in low demand jobs • Enhanced skill development in companies and supporting workers in developing better stress management skills to meet increased demands • Government-subsidy for expanding cognitively demanding work situations • Time available to pursue cognitively stimulating activities.
Leisure activities	• Availability of offers in the area • Knowledge about relevant offers in the area (effective communication pathways) • Availability of transportation to the activity • Motivation to go to the activity • Offers that match personal preferences • Social networks fostering cognitive leisure activities • Financial means to cover the costs of the activities or government-subsidized activities • Willingness to adjust personal habits and personal goal that encompass enhancing cognitive stimulating activities
Cognitive training	• Availability of effective cognitive training tools • Knowledge of the most effective combination of training levels and types of training activities based on individual skills and needs • Adherence to cognitive training programs • Motivation to perform well (e.g., gamification component) • Access to necessary IT equipment and/or internet connectivity • Necessary IT skills • Availability of training programs that require fewer qualified workers to supervise • Qualification of staff necessary to implement training programs on a large scale

e.g., for example; etc., et cetera meaning and so forth; IT, information technology.