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For a thoughtfull family supportA reference tool for parental support

23 May 2013 - Florence

Why a reference tool?

To provide professionals with a reference document establishing:• Ethical markers• Educational benchmarks

To develop a shared vocabularyTo promote professional practices

intended to ensure:• Respect for children and parents• Closer coordination between professionals

to support parents

Priority objectives of the reference tool

To make available practical and conceptual knowledge To develop common benchmarks To promote collaborative network practices

For whom?

A tool intended for all professionals of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels who work with children and parents

Neologism family transformations

•The child’s place

•Diversity

•Private/public

•Roles

•Parental dynamic

Parenting?

Conceptual framework

•Divided competences

•International Convention on the Rights of the Child

•ONE

•Youth outreach service

•Help for victims of child abuse

Parental support in FWB

Conceptual framework

•The child is at the centre of parental support

•Parents have abilities

•Parental support is aimed at all parents

•It is necessary to take account of the living situation

4 major principles

Guidelines for offering parental support

• Take time for analysis• Adopt a caring attitude towards parents • (Ac)know(ledge) the role of the other

stakeholders• Analyse one’s involvement• A tool for analysing the provision of

parental support (intelligibility tool)• Collectively recognise the risks that

professionals have to take

Reflect on before acting, to be used alone, in networks...

The framework for parental support actions is not: • an action guide• a response model• a typology of families• a diagnostic tool• a static object, fixed in time

A tool to reflect on parental support

FOUNDATIONS:Continuum• Family situation• Parental support actions• Crossover of continuums

Axes• Horizontal• Vertical

- time dimension -

A tool to reflect on parental support

FOUNDATIONS:Approaches

• Supplementary• Bottom-up• Evolving

A tool to reflect on parental support

A non-static analytical tool, a continuum (before establishing a response framework)

Supporting parents, recognising their abilities

A tool to share, discuss on different perceptions, compare different viewpoints, adjust support within the framework of a network of professionals

A tool to reflect on parental support

Thank you!