In the final masters paper “The organization and management of the children’s busyness in the day centers”. Edita Šlapelienė, the student of master’s degree program at Vilnius pedagogical university, department of Social pedagogic discusses the organization and management of the children’s busyness in the day centers. The paper confirms hypothesis that the effective organization of the day centers, secures busyness for the children from the socially risky families. During the recent years, the number of juvenile crimes, varied, however it is still quite high. More than a half of the juvenile crimes are done by the unbusy children. The authors state that the main reasons of the juvenile crimes are children unbusyness and the family social status. Some children attend extra curricular classes at their schools or at the institutions of informal education. The children from socially risky families can attend day centers. The main reasons of the day centers establishment are the increasing number of socially risky families and the increase of the juvenile crimes. The children are educated through the exercise of the prevention programs; their extra curricular busyness is secured. Parents are being socially educated as well. The merit of the day centers is the decrease of the socially risky families and better relationship between parents and children. The research results showed, that children like to attend day centers, they appreciate friendly atmosphere. Centers provide with... [to full text]