Socio-pedagogical challenges and prospects for interdisciplinary and integrated support to families and children in the early years

The present report delves into the socio-pedagogical challenges and prospects for interdisciplinary support of education, social, and healthcare services to families and children in yearly years – from birth to first grade in Bulgaria. The analysis explores the adoption of related strategic documents in recent years in Bulgaria and examines indicators for the quality of ECEC in Bulgaria. A review of specialized literature, scientific studies, international reports, and analyses was conducted, with data spanning ten years, from 2014 to 2024. The study reveals that Bulgaria needs to place additional effort into a unified and consistent policy and regulatory framework for interdisciplinary educational, healthcare, and social services support for families and young children. However, our analysis showed that socio-pedagogical instruments must be implemented to improve the integration of the three service areas and to broaden the implementation of educational innovations to enhance the quality of ECEC in Bulgaria.