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The practical training according to Insos (Praktische Ausbildung nach Insos, PrA) is offered by the Nationaler Branchenverband der Institutionen für Menschen mit Behinderung, Insos (National Umbrella Organisation of Institutions for People with Disabilities), under the responsibility of the Bundesamt für Sozialversicherungen BSV (Federal Social Insurance Office FSIO).

The programme is designed for young people who, on account of learning difficulties or impaired performance, do not – or do not yet – meet the requirements of a two-year VET programme with Federal VET Certificate.

The PrA is geared towards simple, occupation-specific activities, it aims for close practice orientation and attaches great value to individual coaching as well as learning and training fields appropriate for the particular level (Sempert & Kammermann, 2010). To promote permeability to two-year VET programmes, the structure of the PrA is adapted to that of the corresponding VET programme with Federal VET Certificate.

An initial evaluation of the PrA reveals that the new training course is basically welcomed. The success of the measure is rated differently, however: around a third of the learners can be integrated into professional life after completing the PrA – in some cases with a disability pension. The rate of transfers to a two-year VET programme is around ten per cent (Insos, 2013). The Federal Social Insurance Office FSIO has, therefore, tightened the criteria for the funding of the training via the disability insurance as part of DI revision 6b: now, only those young people for whom, half a year after the start of the PrA, a later integration into working life seems realistic shall be able to continue and complete their training. Insos and other associations disagree with this change. They argue that – especially in the case of young people who need more time on account of an impairment – the decision whether they can complete their vocational training or not should not be taken so soon after the start of their training.