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1. Assistant measures refer to assistance provided by the Child Welfare Service when a child is in particular need of assistance due to conditions at home or for other reasons. The object of the assistance measures is to contribute to a positive change to the child and his/her family, by either care-changing or/and compensatory assistance measures. In many families the assistance measures can be extensive, and families often receive different measures at the same time. Examples of various types of assistance measures are advice and guidance, a personal support contact, a respite home, respite measures at home and various parental supports.