[Continuing education of professionals in rehabilitation is coordinated]

In its programme of action "Rehabilitation in the Eighties", the Federal Government declared that coordinated further education for professional workers in rehabilitation administrations and rehabilitation facilities was to received increased attention in the future. Efficient rehabilitative work presupposes adequate qualification for these tasks in those entrusted with providing rehabilitation services to persons with disabilities. On-going further education of professional workers is indispensable in achieving this objective, in addition to their initial qualification. Hence, the financially responsible rehabilitation administrations and the Federal Rehabilitation Council, on the initiative of the Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, agreed to carry out inter-agency education seminars. For professional workers employed in rehabilitation facilities, the working groups of rehabilitation facilities have started such inter-facility further education in 1986, in coordination with the Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs.