What are the needs of a child living with special needs – in an institute, which in itself renders its little inhabitants in need of special care, due to the lack of an initial secure attachment a family of their own would provide? This trio-lingual (English, Dutch and Hungarian) booklet, a transcript of the talk given at the Pikler Institute’s conference in 2006, describes the challenges of and the great potential in caring for children with special needs in the Piklerian attitude.