Favorire l’inclusione sociale delle bambine e dei bambini e dei loro genitori. L’esperienza di “Ali per il futuro” in Toscana

Abstract

At present, many children live or risk to live a condition of educational poverty and, therefore, they do not enjoy
appropriate opportunities for growth, education, and instruction. In order to respond to this problem, some significant actions are promoted in Italy, such as the one realized by “Ali per il Futuro”: an experimental Project to fight educational poverty that is making a concrete contribution to the social inclusion of children and their parents in some Italian Regions: namely, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Puglia, and Valle d’Aosta. The paper aims to analyze the experience of “Ali per il Futuro”, in particular in Tuscany, illustrating and reflecting about the role that “Arca” Cooperativa Sociale, one of the Project partners, has played in the inclusion, accompaniment and support of the families involved. From this experience, it emerges how the personalization of a family Project, the interdisciplinary approach between different professionalisms, the strong connection to the territorial network and the presence of educational services able to offer diversified and flexible responses represent a possible model of intervention and a good practice in the fight against educational poverty and in the social inclusion of families.