The course aims to facilitate the acquisition of the main theoretical models and methods of developmental clinical psychology by the future teachers, with reference to educational and school contexts and highlighting the specificities for kindergarten and primary schools.
The course aims to provide a framework of developmental clinical psychology. Particular attention will be devoted to the theoretical conceptualizations, clinical methods and the definition of their areas of application, emphasizing especially the school context. The course will focus: on the psychological characteristics of child-teacher relationship and its formative and transformative potential, on the work team in the educational field, and on the analysis of the family both as a risk and protection factor for the children’s welfare. As for the specific objectives related to kindergarten program, the course will aim at developing knowledge and skills related to the multiple symptomatic expressions of suffering in preschoolers and their observation methods. As for the specific objectives related to the primary school program, the course will aim at developing knowledge and skills related to emotional-behavioral problems in school-age children, with particular reference to social and cognitive outcomes.
The aim of Clinical Psychology teaching is to address the main issues of clinical psychology in the developmental field, with particular reference to the following topics:
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
Required prerequisites: Developmental Psychology exam
The teaching will be divided into:
Students with valid certifications for Specific Learning Disabilities (DSA), disabilities or other educational needs are invited to contact the Professor and the school/department disability contact at the beginning of the course to agree on any teaching methods which, in respecting the teaching objectives, taking into account individual learning methods
The course program will include the presentation and discussion of the following topics:
Study bibliography list for attending students:
Study bibliography list for not attending students:
Recommended Reading:
Although most of the course’s books are in Italian, they can be replaced with other texts agreed with the Professor.
Ricevimento: The students’ reception will take place, upon communication via e-mail, in the teacher's office on the fourth floor of DISFOR (room 4A7): Tuesday from 4pm to 6pm for the first semester lesson period (from mid-September to the end of November 2024) Tuesday from 2pm to 4pm for the rest of the year, excluding exam sessions where it will be brought forward from 12am to 2pm. If necessary, it can be carried out remotely on Teams, always by prior agreement via email with the teacher
CECILIA SERENA PACE (President)
STEFANIA MUZI
Tuesday, September 17th, 2024, 2 p.m.- 4 p.m. in person (first semester).
Lessons will take place on Tuesday 2 p.m.- 4 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday, 12 a.m.-2 p.m., in the presence, unless otherwise indicated by the University.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
The exam procedure will be in written form with open questions, followed by electronic registration, usually within the next session. The exam will be held in person, unless otherwise indicated by the University in the event of a resurgence of the health emergency.
The evaluation will be expressed out of 30. For passing the exam, the lowest grade will be 18/30 and the highest will be 30/30. In the event of "failure / withdrawal / refusal of grade" in an exam session, students are allowed to repeat the exam in the next session.
The oral exam includes open-ended questions regarding the bibliographic material and, only for attending students, topics presented and discussed in classes.
Only for attending students a work in group is scheduled, with an oral presentation in plenary, for which an individual score will be awarded (max 2 points) which will be added to the vote received at the exam.
The professor will consider, with the attending students, the possibility of adding a pre-session exam in the last lesson of the teaching. In this case, the pre-session exam will take place in written form and in person.
The students must be able to demonstrate that they have acquired the contents of teaching, they are able to appropriately managing them, connecting and comparing different clinical constructs in a developmental perspective, as well as they have learned how to communicate them using scientific language and technical terms.
Extraordinary sessions will not be granted outside the periods indicated in the Study Program Regulations.
TEACHING ASSISTANTS:
Stefania Muzi, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology:(email address: stefania.muzi@edu.unige.it) collaborates in the teaching.
STUDENTS WITH SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES (SLD), DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS (SEN):
Students with disabilities or DSA are reminded that in order to request adaptations during the exam, they must first enter the certification on the University website on the servizionline.unige.it page in the "Students" section. The documentation will be verified by the University's Services Sector for the inclusion of students with disabilities and DSA (https://rubrica.unige.it/strutture/structure/100111).
Subsequently, significantly in advance (at least 10 days) of the exam date, it is necessary to send an e-mail to the Professor with whom you will take the exam, inserting in CC both the Professor in charge for the University's Services Sector for the inclusion of students with disabilities and DSA (laura.traverso@unige.it) and the Sector indicated above using one of the following addresses (disabili@unige.it; dsa@unige.it). In the email you must specify:
Students must NOT send certifications to the Professor.