[Early education of disabled children seen from the angle of regionalization and inter-disciplinary work (author's...

Early education of disabled children is presented as a specific and indispensable yet integrated part of a complex task which can be mastered solely by inter-disciplinary co-operation and interchange between educational, psychological, medical and clinical services. The author submits a concept - developed and put to the test at federal state level - of a regional and closely knit network of educationally-oriented education services. Statistical data obtained from 103 early education facilities in Bavaria give an insight into the work of such institutions.