In youth care, experiential education measures and offers are often integrated into the daily routine of home education or outpatient educational assistance. Especially because of the holistic demands on the participants, their challenging and challenging character as well as the experience in nature-oriented settings from the everyday life of educational assistance, the practice of experiential education in youth welfare stands out. The present study offers a deep insight into this and examines the offers especially with regard to the social (de)construction of gender, and other social categories of difference such as age, ability or status by the participating children, young people and professionals.