The bachelor's thesis "Life journey of clients of an educational care center" deals with the issue of placing children and youth in an educational care center. Describes the experiences and events of children that led to their placement in the facility. The theoretical part focuses on the deviant behavior of young people and its relation to the development of behavioral disorders. It also deals with the importance and function of the family and problems that may arise in the family. The main part of the theoretical part then focuses on the forms of prevention and the facilities of institutional and protective education, especially the centers of educational care. The empirical part of the bachelor's thesis contains a description of the research process, offers an interpretation of the results of narrative analysis of life stories of children placed in the center of educational care. The aim of the work is to map and understand the life story of clients of the educational care center.