Authorized persons - usually the parents, possibly a guardian or carer - have a legal entitlement to educational assistance if the child or young person's welfare cannot be guaranteed and the assistance is suitable and necessary for their development.

This additional help is granted to the parents, but is based on the interests of the child or young person. The basis for the provision of appropriate educational services is the assistance plan procedure, in which both the legal guardians, the children or young people and the youth welfare office must be involved.

The services offered include educational counseling, social group work, educational support, care assistants, socio-educational family support, education in a day group, full-time care, residential care and other forms of supervised living as well as intensive socio-educational individual care. In addition to integration assistance in accordance with Section 35a SGB VIII, educational assistance can also be provided for mentally disabled children.