Common knowledge between mothers and children in problematic transitions: How professionals make children’s motives available as a resource

Publisher:
Bloomsbury
Publication Type:
Chapter
Citation:
Support for children, young people and their carers in difficult transitions: working in the zone of social concern, 2019, M Hedegaard & A Edwards (eds), pp. 43 - 66
Issue Date:
2019
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Nick Hopwood Teena Clerke Children’s learning and development are interconnected with why and how they take part in practices in institutions (Hedegaard, 2008; Hedegaard and Edwards, 2014; Hedegaard, Edwards and Fleer, 2012) . The family is one such institution, comprising everyday settings that can be studied to understand the social situation of children’s development (Hedegaard, Fleer, Bang and Hvid, 2008) . Our interest is in how professionals help parents construct a social situation of development with the child. We examine three cases where transitions in the everyday practices of a family became a zone of concern and help was sought from professionals. This help was provided in institutional settings of a day-stay clinic, a parent education course and a toddler clinic. The potential of cultural-historical concepts in understanding interventions that straddle home and professional early intervention institutions is not yet fully realized.
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