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Apply for education in a day group
Service Description
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 support service. It may also be suitable for young adults in accordance with §41 SGB VIII.
A day group is what is known as partial inpatient help. Your child will be looked after in a day group during the week 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
Process flow
Contact the responsible youth welfare office.
- All parties involved (you, your child, the caregivers from the day group and the youth welfare office) will meet to discuss a help plan. The help plan sets out how the help is to be organized and what goals are to be achieved.
- If education in a day group seems appropriate, you can submit an application for educational assistance.
- The youth welfare office will look for a suitable day group. You can express your wishes. If there are several options, you can choose the day group.
- Regular checks are carried out to determine whether the help is still suitable.
Who should I contact?
Please contact the responsible youth welfare office.
Requirements
- You are the person with custody of a child (parent or guardian)
- You feel overwhelmed with the upbringing of the child
- Help with raising your child in a day group is suitable and necessary.
Which documents are required?
- identity card
- Proof of custody, for example:
- Birth certificate
- Information from the custody register
- Decision of the family court on custody
What are the fees?
The costs for education in a day group are largely borne by the youth welfare office. However, you must contribute to the costs to a reasonable extent. Please ask the responsible youth welfare office about this.
Processing duration
The processing time varies, depending on the individual circumstances and the responsible office.
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Thuringian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
Professionally released on
11.11.2022
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)
Competent Authority
Landeshauptstadt Erfurt, Stadtverwaltung - Allgemeiner Sozialdienst
Address
99085 Erfurt
Address
Opening times
Tuesday 09:00 - 12:00 and 13:30 - 18:00
Thursday 09:00 - 12:00
Friday 09:00 - 12:00
