The IB endorses to the demand made in the UN Children’s Rights Convention that every child should develop healthily physically, spiritually, morally, emotionally and socially according to their nature, in freedom and dignity. Educational support follows this ideal as an important area of social development alongside familial child rearing.

In accordance with our mission statement the goal of educational support is to help people to develop freely, to live a self-determined life, to be integrated into society, to take personal responsibility and to participate actively in the development of society.

The IB’s product portfolio in this area has been continuously refined. Its non-residential, semi-residential and residential education support represents the core business of social work. The professional positioning of the Internationaler Bund (IB) recognizes education support as an infrastructural service for children, youth and families in the middle of the society; it is understood as an enduring support system. The pedagogical conceptual framework of the IB, as it is defined in its basic principles also impacts the content and topic related orientation of the education support. This orientation was defined in the guidelines of the segment education support: “the social pedagogical work of the IB strives towards diversity of decisions and actions, care for and kindness towards fellow humans as well as societal participation and responsibility. It is especially intended for disadvantaged groups of society and their social integration.”