Early intervention (Frühförderung)

Early intervention is a service for children with disabilities and for children at risk of a disability, from birth until school entry. Under section 46 SGB IX, it includes medical services and non-medical services, for example social paediatric, psychological, curative education and psychosocial services as well as advice for legal guardians. ^[1] Together with curative education services, they are provided as a complex service. ^{[1; 2]}

Sources and literature

1. § 46 SGB IX – Früherkennung und Frühförderung (Abs. 1–6). https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_9_2018/__46.html
2. § 79 SGB IX – Heilpädagogische Leistungen (Abs. 1–3). https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_9_2018/__79.html