APPLICATIONS OF SCHOLASTIC AND FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: Elena COMMODARIExpected Learning Outcomes
The course presents the theoretical and methodological fundaments of school and family psychology. It favors knowledge of the basic intervention principles in academic and family contexts. The student will have to know the main theoretical currents in the field of family psychology, with attention to its origins and the most relevant application implications. He will also have to know the theoretical and applicative foundations relating to the figure of the psychologist in school, his functions, and psychological problems in the school environment.
Course Structure
Lesson and exercitations
Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, changes will be introduced, in line with the program.
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
The origins of psychology of the family, the structure of the family, the identity of the family, the interactive and relational processes in the family, the life cycle of the family, the formation of the couple, the family with small children, the family with teenager, the family with young adult and with parents seniors, the forms of family, research and intervention on the family
The school psychologist in Italian and international scholastic system, the school psychology service and the skills of the school psychologist.
Textbook Information
1) FAMIGLIE E TERAPIA DELLA FAMIGLIA . Autore S. Minuchin, Astrolabio, pp 254
2) PSICOLOGIA DELLA FAMIGLIA, LA PROSPETTIVA SISTEMICO RELAZIONALE. Autore: PAOLO GAMBINI, FRANCO ANGELI, PP327. Only pp 21 - 56; 58 - 92; 97 -110, 112 -163; 165 - 224, 229- 292
3) LO PSICOLOGO SCOLASTICO.COMPETENZE E AREE DI INTERVENTO. Autori: CESARE CORNOLDI, LUISA MOLINARI, IL MULINO, chapter 1 plus a chapter of the student's choice
One of the following texts
PSICOLOGIA DEI LEGAMI FAMILIARI, Autori: E. SCABINI, R. IAFRATE, IL MULINO, PP250.
PRAGMATICA DELLA COMUNICAZIONE UMANA. STUDIO DEI MODELLI INTERATTIVI, DELLE PATOLOGIE E DEI PARADOSSI. Autori: Paul Watzlawick, Helmick Janet Beavin, Don D. Jackson, Astrolabio, pp 288.
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | text 2 | |
| 2 | text 1 | |
| 3 | relatioship in the family | text 1 and 2 |
| 4 | family life span | text 1 |
| 5 | le varie fasi del ciclo vitale della famiglia e vari tipi di famiglia ( formazione della coppia, famiglia in transizione, famiglia con figli piccoli e adolescenti, famiglie estese ecc.)e della coppia, famiglia in transizione, | text 1and 2 |
| 6 | la ricerca e l'ntervento sulla famiglia | text 1 and 2 |
| 7 | l'azione dello psicologo scolastico | text 3 |
| 8 | il sostegno agli insegnanti | text n 3 |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
The evaluation criteria are :
Adequacy of expression regarding the contents and method
Thematic awareness and lexical correctness
Critical in-depth skills
Interdisciplinary liaison skills
Ability to rework knowledge
Ability to transfer knowledge to operational contexts
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
Exam questions are differentiated by difficulty, some basic for passing the exam, others for in-depth analysis helpful in obtaining the highest marks in the range.
Some examples of questions are presented only for explanatory purposes, remembering that the exam will focus on all the topics listed in the syllabus
1) What are the theoretical and methodological foundations of family psychology?
2) What is the life cycle of the family?
3) What are the areas of intervention of the school psychologist