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A learning therapist listening to a girl reading Illustrative image, AI-generated

Scheduling appointments automatically

Since 1999, PGL (Praxis für ganzheitliches Lernen, a practice for holistic learning) in Oberursel near Frankfurt has supported children and young people who find reading, writing or maths hard. Today, parents book their consultation themselves. That gives the team more time for the work that matters.

From enquiry to booked appointment, all automatic.

Automated booking in five steps

Parents introduce themselves
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Parents introduce themselves

The contact form captures details about the child and the reason for getting in touch, in one of five languages.

Contact
Your nameMaria Muster
Child’s nameMia Muster
Age9 years
What is it about?Reading and writing
Send enquiry
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A link arrives instantly

The confirmation email contains a personal link to choose a time.

Inbox
PGL OberurselWe have received your enquiryChoose a time
SchoolLetter about the autumn break
Sports clubTraining on Friday
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Parents choose a time

See the free slots, pick one, done. The confirmation arrives with a calendar file.

Choose a time
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9:3010:3011:30
✓Thu 15 Oct, 10:30
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The website sends a reminder

A reminder arrives the day before. At the agreed time, PGL calls.

10:30
Wednesday, 14 October
E-MailnowReminder of your consultationWe will call you tomorrow at 10:30.
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PGL sees everything

Every enquiry sits in the board with the status of its appointment. Nobody has to keep a list.

BoardPGL
Enquiries
  • Maria MusterChild, 9Call 15 Oct
  • Jonas BeispielChild, 12Waiting list
  • Lena ProbeChild, 7Call done
  • Tom MusterChild, 10Call 13 Oct
00:00

A lot of admin before the first conversation

PGL helps children and young people with dyslexia, dyscalculia or difficulties concentrating, through learning therapy, motor therapy and social skills training. It almost always starts with a consultation call with the parents, in which a therapist works out whether and how PGL can help the child.

Before that call could happen, there was a lot of work for the PGL team. Reading enquiries, calling parents back, agreeing on a free slot, entering it and sending reminders. All of it on top of the therapy sessions.

A young therapist listening attentively to a mother at a tableIllustrative image, AI-generated
More time for conversations with families.
A girl balancing on a beam in the movement room, the therapist kneeling beside herIllustrative image, AI-generated
Movement is part of it too, for example in motor therapy.

For PGL, we automated the path to the first conversation. Parents introduce themselves, choose a time and get a reminder in good time. The team still sees every step.

This was possible because we moved PGL’s website onto our own technology. That let us develop the booking around the way PGL actually works.

Parents book when it suits them. Even in the evening at the kitchen table.

A mother booking an appointment on her phone at the kitchen table in the eveningIllustrative image, AI-generated
Parents introduce themselves briefly in the contact form and instantly receive a personal link to choose a time.
Choose a time October
MonTueWedThuFri1213141516
9:3010:3011:30
See the free slots, pick one, done. The confirmation arrives with a calendar file.
Reminder the day before
Your consultation is tomorrow

Thursday, 15 October, 10:30. We will call you on the number you gave us.

The day before, the website sends a reminder. So no appointment slips through.

A process that runs itself

Seven steps per enquiry have become one: the conversation itself. Parents and website handle everything before it. With around eight enquiries a week, that is around four hours less admin, week after week.

Before

7steps per enquiryall by hand, between therapy sessions
  1. Read the enquiry
  2. Call the parents back
  3. No answer, try again later
  4. Agree on a time
  5. Enter it in the calendar
  6. Send a reminder
  7. Hold the consultation

Today

1step per enquiryThe website and the parents handle the rest.
  1. Enquiry lands in the board
  2. Booking link goes out
  3. Parents choose a time
  4. Confirmation with calendar file
  5. Reminder the day before
  6. Hold the consultation

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If none of the free slots works, parents join a waiting list. As soon as PGL opens new times, they get an email with the link to choose one.

The form, the booking and every email to parents are available in German, English, Turkish, Ukrainian and Russian.

“The admin now runs almost by itself. That leaves more time for personal contact, with the children and with their parents.”

– Christina Kleemann, owner of PGL

A website that does the work

Most practice websites show information. PGL’s website gets tasks done. Everything that comes in through the site lands, neatly sorted, in a board only the PGL team can see.

Since October, the website has been available in five languages. Families who speak English, Turkish, Ukrainian or Russian at home can read in their own language how PGL works and book the first appointment themselves. The therapy itself takes place in German.

The PGL team edits texts and images itself, right on the page. No agency needed, no call to us. Three examples from the board:

PGL boardEnquiries

A girl writing words in an exercise book, the therapist beside herIllustrative image, AI-generated
The work with the children stays at the centre.

Developed with AI

We developed the website, the board and the processes with AI, as part of our AI design & development solution. The result fits exactly how PGL works.

Built around PGL

No standard software PGL has to adapt to. New building blocks are added as soon as they are needed.

Care with data

Database in Frankfurt, a deletion policy, applications visible to management only. The team follows clear rules for Microsoft 365 and Copilot.

~4hours less admin per week
150+hours a year freed up for more important work
24/7parents can book, even in the evening and at weekends
1step stays with PGL: the conversation
24 hbefore, the website reminds the parents
2×a week the overview arrives by email

Making new things possible with AI

Every practice and every business has its own processes. Would you like to see what a process like this could look like for you?

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