Support is a fundamental principle of education in all types of schools. It is the task of all teachers to ensure age- and development-appropriate support. Special educational support complements general support. In particular, it is intended to support pupils through individual assistance in the development and unfolding of their mental, emotional, physical and social abilities, their talents and inclinations. Special educational support has the task of enabling pupils to live, learn and act independently and together, taking into account their individual abilities.

The need for special educational support is to be assumed for pupils who are so severely impaired in their educational, developmental and learning opportunities that they cannot be adequately supported without special support.

The need for special educational support varies and can be present in the following key areas:

1. Learning
2. language
3. Emotional and social development
4. vision
5. hearing
6. Physical and motor development
7. Mental development

The standardized diagnostics in the special educational assessment procedure determine whether there is a need for special educational support in the above-mentioned special educational needs. In principle, the special educational support focus is named as a result of the assessment procedure and documented in the decision.