C. Cornoldi, Learning difficulties at school, il Mulino, Bononia, 2013.
S. Soresi, Psychology of Disabilities, il Mulino, Bononia, 2007.
Learning Objectives
Improving development of knowledge and skills on the psychology of disability in the development for junior psychologists.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of developmental psychology and educational psychology at high school level. Italian language, written and oral, at high school level, and specialized vocabulary of written and spoken English in developmental and educational psychology.
Teaching Methods
Slide projections on the concepts presented and discussed during the lessons, including video materials that illustrate and motivate students' interest presumably also visually and emotionally to the study of the discussed concepts.
Further information
Students are advised to carefully follow the lessons in order to perform adequately the study of the reference books and more generally on the scholarly bibliography of this subject area.
Type of Assessment
The examination will be written: 5 open questions precisely focused on reference exam books.
Course program
Starting from the discussion of the key concepts of disability and development, the course aims to expose the central ideas useful for the performance of junior psychologists. Particular attention is devoted to the topics of disability and development. Also it will be examined the concepts of 'performance analysis', 'evaluation process', 'transformation process' with particular reference to life span perspective. All concepts will be developed at the light of the main perspectives of the study of psychology, especially developmental psychology and educational psychology, today.