"G. d'Annunzio"
Basic Developmental psychology knowledge
The teaching contributes to the realization of the educational objectives of the course of study in Psychology by providing students with application skills for the assessment of skills in developmental psychology. At the end of the course the student must have acquired: - knowledge of job opportunities for developmental psychologists - knowledge and ability to administer the main tests for evaluating socio-emotional child's skills. -knowledge on conducting interviews with children and parents - ability to apply the knowledge acquired by being able to administer, analyze and comment on tests relating to the evaluation of the child's of socio-emotional adaptation and behavioral problems in a clear and unambiguous way. - understanding of the main support interventions relating to the child's linguistic development and learning. - ability to integrate knowledge and manage complexity in the evaluation of developmental skills. - ability to use the technical language of developmental psychology to write a report.
The work of the developmental psychologist To evaluate developmental skills. The administration of questionnaires and tests. Interview in developmental age: from anamnesis to psychodiagnostic evaluation The evaluation of socio-emotional adaptation and behavioral problems Drafting of a report relating to an evaluation process in developmental age. Notes on giving diagnostic feedback to parents and teachers
Aspects of the psychologist's work in developmental age, construction of work opportunities, different work contexts The administration of tests in developmental age. The evaluation of developmental skills through observation. The family history and history of the child The first conversation with the child and parents. Management of the conversation with the child and parents Evaluation of the child's socioemotional adaptation Assessment of child and adolescent self-esteem Evaluation of anxiety and depression in childhood Evaluation of behavioral problems in developmental age Drafting of a psychodiagnostic report Return of the evaluation to parents, child and teachers. Communication of the diagnosis.
Teacher material
During the meetings, material will be provided to work on both at home and in the classroom, group work will be carried out, exercises on administration and coding of the tools described. Videos, presentations and clinical reports will be used.
Suitability will be assessed through the experience of administration, coding and drafting of a diagnostic report relating to a clinical case.
The supplementary material will be provided by the teacher via the e-learning platform as well as all other communications. The additional material that constitutes the object of the work will also be uploaded to the platform.
