Participative and Transformative Evaluation: children, families and practitioners as co-researchers through ‘reflective thinking’ processes

The chapter aims to introduce Participative and Transformative Evaluation (PTE, Serbati, 2017, 2020) as a collective methodology for evaluation and decision- making in child and family social work (Serbati and Moreno Boudon, 2023). Taking a pedagogical standpoint, it underscores the transformative potential inherent in relationships and participation. In line with existing literature, some key aspects of PTE include its adoption of an ecological perspective in addressing the developmental needs of children, thereby aligning with a comprehensive notion of child and family social work (Dolan et al, 2006; Devaney et al, 2022) that encompasses the child, parents and family within both...