Urteilsbildung und Entscheidungsfindung von ASD-Fachkräften in der COVID-19-Krise

There is still little empirical knowledge about the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the case work of youth welfare offices. At the same time, little research has been conducted into the concrete work of the professionals with children, adolescents and families and also into decision-making practices, for example, in relation to child protection, even for ordinary nonpandemic practice. The study is based on an ethnographic research program and examines case work in the pandemic. An assessment from a relational perspective, which focuses not only on the actors, but also on their connections and relations, makes shifts visible in the network in which the cases are usually processed and reveals practices that can be understood as coping strategies for changing practices.