Phase E – School-occupational rehabilitation

Phase E is primarily concerned with securing the success of the treatment and with vocational reintegration. Various support courses, occupational therapy and stress testing, occupational identification and work testing or so-called adaptation measures, are available. The aim is for the patient to be integrated either in a graduated or fully educational or vocational way. If this is not possible, retraining measures are initiated or, if the consequences do not permit this, a place in a workshop for the disabled is sought. Here, further support can take place through vocational preparation courses. Especially the educational-professional rehabilitation is a difficult area, which requires a close cooperation between clinic, affected person, relatives, the responsible school and employment administrations as well as the cost units. Only in this way can undesirable developments be avoided, such as the premature application for a pension.