Intervening Competently Within (Vocational School) Teams: How can vocational schools or youth institutions respond professionally to far-right attitudes and forms of group-focused hostility? The KI(B)T project strengthens educational professionals in their daily work – in a practical, long-term, and sustainable way – to effectively address these challenges.
Project Formats
KI(B)T supports educators in developing a confident and reflective approach when working with young people who are vulnerable to or already oriented toward far-right entry pathways. The measures promote both individual action competence and institutional change.
1. Intensive Coaching: Long-Term Team Support
Through intensive coaching, Distanz e. V. supports vocational schools for up to one year. In interdisciplinary teams consisting of teachers, school leadership, and school social workers:
- Challenges and resources are jointly analyzed
- Institution-specific goals are formulated
- Appropriate measures are implemented and reflected upon
Goals of Intensive Coaching
- Development of long-term action strategies in response to far-right tendencies
- Strengthening team competence and professional confidence in everyday practice
2. Flex-C: Short Format with Sustainable Impact
The new coaching format Flex-C is a shorter support format for educators, running parallel to preventive workshops for young people within the same institution. These workshops focus on youth culture, political-historical education, and experiential learning approaches.
Goals of Flex-C
- Initial analysis of challenges and resources
- Development of first steps toward a competent response to far-right tendencies
- Sustainable integration of preventive workshop content
3. Further Training: Intervention Program in a radicalisation process as a Cross-Cutting Task
Intervention Program in a radicalisation process belongs at the core and across the full spectrum of social work practice. In practical training sessions, participants learn conversation and intervention methods for both short- and long-term application.
Goals of the Further Training Programs
- Strengthening confidence in dealing with group-focused hostility and far-right orientations
- Transfer of content into everyday educational practice
- Anchoring the Intervention Program in a radicalisation process across various fields of action
4. Preventive Workshops: Learning in a Life-World Context
The workshops for students use life-world-oriented approaches rooted in youth culture, political-historical education, and experiential learning. They address personal experiences, social developments, and foster critical thinking.
Project Duration
01 January 2025 – 31 December 2026
Further Information
Flex-C Info Flyer (PDF, approx. 3 MB)
Coaching Info Flyer (PDF, approx. 250 KB)
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