Placement guidance for disadvantaged teenagers in socio-educational settings: Solutions from Friuli Venezia Giulia

Abstract

Fragile youths are at risk of dropout and the toll of their vulnerability is paid in terms of low employment rates, which, in turn, is a damage to their prospects. In this regard, the positive results of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, which rank above the Italian national mean, call for a closer investigation of what is being done in its socio-educational settings. Hence, two guidance strategies are hereby presented, each taking place in a different province: Udine and Gorizia. Among the ensuing solutions: a parental approach to education (also from the point of view of relevant policies), a renewed attention to the value of manual labour, and a reform of the role and duties of social educators.