Education in a day group is particularly suitable for children from school age who show behavioral problems or developmental delays. This is a type of educational assistance to which legal guardians are entitled if the child's welfare cannot be guaranteed and the assistance is suitable and necessary for the child's development. It may also be suitable for young adults in accordance with Section 41 SGB VIII.
A day group is so-called partial inpatient help. Your child will be looked after in a day group during the week during the day after school. Afterwards, however, they can stay with their family and thus in their familiar surroundings.

Education in a day group means

- Your child receives therapeutic and educational care
- It receives support with integration into school and the social environment
- It learns how to deal with other children and conflicts in a group
- It learns to organize its everyday life and receives suggestions for meaningful leisure activities.
- Parents are intensively involved, for example through counseling sessions, parents' evenings or parent-child meetings.

The aims of education in a day group are

- to strengthen the child
- to strengthen the parents
- to strengthen the parent-child relationship
- Keeping the child in the family