1. Knowledge for welfare and health National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health Marjatta Kekkonen1 Partnership between Parents and Early Childhood Education and Care Practitioners Home visiting as a partnership practise in Day Care Services in Finland Marjatta Kekkonen Project Planning Officer STAKES

2. National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health Knowledge for welfare and healthMarjatta Kekkonen2 The Educational Partnership in Day Care Services in Finland The Finnish National Curriculum Guidelines on Early Childhood Education and Care,2003 => educational partnership The Educational Partnership Project (2003-05) => Educational Partnership Training Programme => home visit introduced

3. National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health Knowledge for welfare and healthMarjatta Kekkonen3 During the home visit the professional is expected to 1.Become acquainted with a new child 2.Promote a fluent and safe start of the child's day care process 3.Create a firm ground for the child's personal ECEC-plan 4.Employ responsive listening to parents' expectations on the day care 5.Build the partnership relationship between parents and caregivers

4. National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health Knowledge for welfare and healthMarjatta Kekkonen4 What discursive meanings professionals do give to educational partnership? Recognizing and categorizing the emerging themes. What ECEC-practitioners talk about, when they discuss partnership? Discourses of Home Visiting Discourses of partnership practises at day care center Discourses of partnership practises In other interaction contexts Group Diskussions (13) Semi- Structured Face-to-Face -Interviews (6) Peer Interviews (3)

5. National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health Knowledge for welfare and healthMarjatta Kekkonen5 Research Findings The Family Centred Discourse The Child Centred Discourse The Service Centred Discourse The Professional Centred Discourse What discursive meanings ECEC professionals do give to home visiting as a partnership practise?

6. National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health Knowledge for welfare and healthMarjatta Kekkonen6 Research Findings What discursive meanings ECEC professionals do give to home visiting as a partnership practise? The Family Centred Discourse Parents as active actors Parents as protectors Parents as too close partners The Child Centred Discourse Active social actor Active relationship builder The competent child

7. National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health Knowledge for welfare and healthMarjatta Kekkonen7 Research Findings What discursive meanings ECEC professionals do give to home visiting as a partnership practise? The Service Centred Discourse Renaming – the initial conversation, the introductory discussion The risk talk – stigmatization Social work tradition in home visiting practises The Professional Centred Discourse Professional vs. unprofessional way getting to know families professional vs. friendship based partnership

8. National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health Knowledge for welfare and healthMarjatta Kekkonen8 Implications of the Research Findings Re-evaluation of roles Professional’s role as partnership builder parent‘s role as active participant Child’s role as a competent relationship builder Pedagogical contribution of home visiting