It has been offering support to young people and their families in difficult life situations since 1999. With residential groups, individual support and animal-assisted therapy, it helps to find new paths and enable a return to the family.
The Kinderhof Kayhausen is a child-therapeutic institution of independent youth welfare, which has been supporting young people and their families in a transitional period since 1999. The goal is to find new ways together, gather experiences and enable the return to the family.
The Kinderhof offers a wide range of care options, including a family-oriented residential group with ten places for children and adolescents aged 5 to 14, a place for taking into care and clearing, and two places for young people in independent living. In addition, there is assisted individual living in apartments on the premises and flexible care services.
The institution sees itself as a place where young people can compensate for their deficits and work through psychosocial problems through professional help. An important aspect is integration into the social environment to prevent exclusion.
Therapeutic offers are integrated into everyday life and are used situationally. The positive effect of animal husbandry (donkeys, cats, rabbits, dwarf goats) is used to support the helping process. Children and adolescents learn how to handle animals appropriately and can take responsibility for them.
The Kinderhof Kayhausen works with a variety of house and everyday rituals to honor phases of life and create positive reinforcers. Parental work and parent afternoons are an essential part of the work to involve the families in the change process.
