Every few years Hoffnungsbaum e.V. organizes a family conference in Germany. In addition to those affected and their relatives, therapists, doctors and researchers are invited to give presentations and are also available for discussions. The family conferences are a good opportunity to gain an insight into the association's work and information about research, to get to know other families and to exchange ideas. A special "highlight" of our family conferences each time is the varied and loving child and youth care, which has already been organized eight times by our tried and tested team of volunteers from Velbert. All 8 family conferences have only been possible thanks to the self-help support provided by the statutory health insurance funds as part of their project funding. We would like to express our sincere thanks for this.