Young people in transition out of resident youth welfare have to cope with diverse tasks. But how can learning fields in in-patient youth welfare be arranged in terms of content and structure to meet these requirements? Subjective experiences and coping strategies of affected young women in Austria who have or had to master this transition by means of in-patient educational support, provide information on this. Their experience and their perspective with regard to beneficial and detrimental aspects of in-patient youth welfare arrangements must be seen as starting points for the further development of such assistance and form the basis of this study.

Dr. Christine Schatz, Sozialarbeiterin, Berufserfahrung in verschiedenen Bereichen der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe, abgeschlossene Promotion an der Universität Siegen, derzeit Referentin für das Freiwillige Soziale Jahr an der Regionalstelle Innsbruck, Österreich