Because Sebastian W. has an increased need for care, he is sent home from nursery school at 9:00. This causes the family to have financial problems.
A child with ADHD not only poses an additional challenge in everyday life, but also entails considerable financial burdens due to expensive therapies. In the case of the W. family, the situation is particularly precarious. Sebastian is housed in an integration group in the kindergarten at Lastenstrasse 15 in the 23rd district.
But only two hours a day, between 7 and 9 a.m. “In addition, it was agreed that the nursery school would call me if my child was allowed to stay longer, but that only happened once,” says Maria W., who has two other children.
Father cannot go to work
Due to this short period of care, her husband cannot go to work and the family of five has to survive on one salary. There have already been several conversations with the teachers on site, but this has yielded little. The 41-year-old therefore contacted the child advocate and learned that children in the compulsory kindergarten year must be cared for at least 20 hours a week according to the Early Childhood Act, but Sebastian only gets half the time. “We feel discriminated against,” says W.
And what does the responsible MA 10 say about this? “Educators carefully guide children during their development in their first educational institution. Sometimes children can only stay in a larger group for a certain period of time.” For the family, this is little consolation.
Source: Krone
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