Embracing the new needs of families: a training-research course with the pratictioners of the Centers for Children and Families of the Municipality of Modena

Abstract

This paper illustrates a training research project (Asquini, 2018; Balduzzi, Lazzari, 2018) currently underway in the Centers for Children and Families (CCF) of the Municipality of Modena, which have been questioning the new needs of families-perceived to be different after the pandemic (Farné, Baluzzi, 2021). The aim is to of mak educational settings increasingly inclusive and accessible, especially for families in vulnerable conditions. Educators, pedagogical coordinators and educational manager, assisted by the ECEC research group of Bologna, decided to devote a two-year period to reflecting on integrative services, through moments of confrontation, training and implementation of micro-experiments.