welcomed without reservation in the spirit of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The consequence of this is, however, that residential youth facilities, which are operated by public authorities or private owners, face ever increasing requirements as far as both quality and quantity are concerned. Psychological damage in the first years of life are serious and require differentiated and needs-oriented possibilities and resources. As had been the case in 2013, in 2014 it was obvious during visits by the commissions that there is a lack of special places for minors with a psychiatric diagnosis or experience of being in a psychiatric institution. Children and adolescents with mental disorders in group homes, where there is neither adequate staff nor a multi-professional team with psychotherapists and psychologists, have and create problems, which can sometimes intensify to a crisis level and be accompanied by significant risk to themselves and others. Risk factors The situation is similar when a crisis diagnosis is performed resulting in a decision on whether care should be subsequently considered and what form it should take. When, for example, adolescents, who have committed or are suspected of criminal offences, are released from pre-trial detention and are placed in crisis centres together with children upwards of the age of three, one is permitting conditions that sometimes make socio-pedagogical work impossible. Especially smaller children have reported to the commissions that they are sometimes very afraid of the extremely aggressive adolescents. This is understandable after impulse outbursts that range from destruction of furniture to physical assaults of minors or staff. Social pedagogues have indicated that in their work with highly aggressive adolescents, some of whom are prone to violence, they themselves cannot ensure adequate protection in acute phases. To get such grave crisis situations under control, they must call for police assistance. Such difficult borderline situations are the exception rather than the rule, but they are a part of reality in social pedagogy that is anything but negligible and are experienced as very stressful. Crisis situations Research into aggression and violence and the recognition of cumulative risk factors suggest that prevention of violence should begin not with the undesirable behaviour of minors but with the circumstances as well and this sometimes makes even professional helpers appear helpless. The commissions are active in this direction and the recommendations should be interpreted in this context as well. Individualised help is necessary The experiences of the commissions show that some minors with mental disorders and resulting psychosocial impairments have the potential of bringing many facilities to their absolute limits and they often find it difficult to accept the standard services available to them. Repeatedly changing the institution taking care of them hampers the Violence-free upbringing as a human right 53