[Promotion of behavior disturbed children at the home for children]

The Home for Disturbed Children is a therapy centre with the main task to prepare later resocialisation in the children's previous environment. All the fields are conceived to this purpose. The new buildings are designed with respect to their pedagogic function, the rooms are clearly fitted for their end. The distribution of the children among the coeducatively led living communities (8-10 children) is done according to length of stay, possible cooperation with the parents and the structure of the respective group. The school (8 children per class at most) provides an education under the aspect of therapy, as the ability of the individual child can only be increased if his social maturity and his relationship with the environment are changed. In home therapy the manifold possibilities of appropriate attitude to work and adequate social behaviour are consciously included.