The project "Transcultural outpatient clinic for child psychiatry", which was started at the department of child and adolescent neuropsychiatry in Vienna in 1996, was funded by department of health planning and funding of Viennese municipality. The project was designed to assess and address psychological needs of immigrant families and their children in Vienna. The project went through 4 phases as of yet: needs assessment and identification of barriers for utilization of psychiatric services among immigrant families and their children (Phase 1); awareness raising and psychoeducation of immigrant families for migration caused psychiatric disorders as well as adjustments disorders (Phase 2); transcultural research (Phase 3); transcultural mental health training of medical and allied professions (Phase 4). The poster will introduce this model project and discuss Viennese experiences in transcultural psychiatry of childhood and adolescence. Our experiences support a culturally sensitive assessment and treatment of immigrant families and their children in special utilities.