Affrontare l’invisibilità dei bambini tra 0 e 3 anni per i servizi sociali attraverso la valutazione partecipativa: appunti da uno studio pilota

The pilot study precedes a broader research aimed at identifying the effects on parenting and develop- ment of children between 0 and 3 years old (REC 2013/112 / EU), of an Italian policy against poverty. The goal is to describe the effects of introducing a specific parenting assessment tool (Roggman et al., 2013), in a participatory key, on socio-educational practices with vulnerable families with children aged 0 to 3. The results were obtained through semi-structured interviews with 19 professionals in- volved in a research-training-action experience. They indicate an improvement in observation skills and — the most significant — the creation of a new space for dialogue and reflection on parenting and children development. This latter reveals to be a scarcely addressed area in the context of policy in- terventions against poverty. Pedagogical, methodological and communicative challenges that emerge from the results are discussed.