Childcare centres open to every child and his family : a guarantee to increase quality

Everyone should have the possibility to benefit from an ECEC service where his / her needs are recognized and given individual attention. For the last years, several laws have been issued to facilitate inclusion of children with special needs in the French Community of Belgium, but laws are not sufficient. The point is to think about constructive conditions necessary to welcome daily every child and family. A group of professionals has gathered to share experiences and define options to share competencies, knowledge and experiences in order to give opportunities to everybody to feel welcome in the service, in regards to his / her competencies, interests, possibilities.
A main hypothesis that has been examined: an individual care to a child with special needs can transform positively the whole ECEC service and improve quality conditions for everybody. Indeed quality depends both on pedagogical choices made (what is daily proposed to children and their family ?) and on the beneficiaries of the service (who are the children and the family welcomed ?).
In the part of the symposium focused on the French Community of Belgium, the results of worshops (increasing partnership with families, giving a place to each child, building a network …) have been discussed.