APPLICATIONS OF SCHOLASTIC AND FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY

Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: Elena COMMODARI

Expected 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

Adequate knowledge of dynamic, developmental and general psychology

Attendance of Lessons

recommended

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

 SubjectsText References
1text 2
2text 1
3relatioship in the familytext 1 and 2
4family life spantext 1
5le 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
6la ricerca e l'ntervento sulla famiglia text 1 and  2
7l'azione dello psicologo scolasticotext 3
8il sostegno agli insegnantitext n 3

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

Oral. The final evaluation can benefit from the outcome of individual or group exercises planned by the teacher whose participation is not compulsory. If the teaching is in a mixed or remote mode,  the necessary changes may be introduced to comply with the program reported in the syllabus.

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