Integration assistance for children and young people with mental disabilities

Contact the responsible youth welfare office with your problems. The counsellor decides in a personal interview whether

• Integration assistance is possible for your child or

• Assistance from other social service providers would be more suitable or complementary

The decisive factor is whether the disorder that occurs is actually a mental disability. The Youth Welfare Office obtains an opinion from one of the following professionals for clarification:

• Doctor for child and adolescent psychiatry or psychotherapy
• Child and youth psychotherapist
• Physician or psychotherapist with special experience in the field of mental disorders in children and adolescents.

The Youth Welfare Office decides on the basis of this opinion,

• whether and in what form it grants integration assistance and
• whether other assistance may be needed.

If the assistance is approved, all those involved draw up an assistance plan together. Among other things, this plan specifies

• which goals are to be achieved by the integration assistance and
• how long the assistance will be provided.

Note: The duration of the integration assistance depends on the severity of the mental disability. It therefore varies from case to case.

Draw up a help plan

There is an entitlement to integration assistance for children and young people if

• mental health is most likely to deviate from the state typical for the age for more than 6 months, and
• participation in life in society is therefore impaired or such impairment is to be expected.

Clarify directly with the Youth Welfare Office which documents you need to submit.

• § Section 35a of Book Eight of the German Social Code (SGB VIII)

• SGB IX Application General.pdf
• SGB IX Application for class trip .pdf
• SGB IX Application for foster family & residential care.pdf
• SGB IX Application for school transport.pdf
• SGB IX Parent questionnaire.pdf
• SGB IX Early Support Specialist Medical Certificate.pdf
• SGB IX RV-I Checklist for parental application.pdf
• SGB IX RV-I Help plan protocol.pdf
• SGB IX RV-I Mannheim Questionnaire.pdf
• SGB IX RV-I carrier application.pdf
• SGB IX Release from confidentiality obligation for school transport.pdf
• SGB VII THA School statement.pdf
• SGB VIII Application General.pdf
• SGB VIII Parent questionnaire.pdf
• SGB VIII LEG + DYS School statement.pdf
• SGB VIII THA School Report School.pdf
• SGB VIII THA Statement School.pdf
• Release of confidentiality.pdf

Further information can be found on the website of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth > Familienwegweiser>Kinder- und Jugendhilfe: Eingliederungshilfe für seelisch behinderte Kinder und Jugendliche (Family Guide>Children and Youth Welfare: Integration Assistance for Mentally Disabled Children and Youth)

• Integration assistance for mentally handicapped children and adolescents

  (Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth)