ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION ON DSA
cod. 1005564

Academic year 2021/22
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
- Francesca CAVALLINI
Academic discipline
Psicologia dello sviluppo e psicologia dell'educazione (M-PSI/04)
Field
"psicologia dello sviluppo e dell'educazione"
Type of training activity
Characterising
42 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Learning objectives

knowledge of diagnostic criteria of dsa, specific language disorder, intellectual disability.
Knowledge of clinical comorbidities in adolescents with dsa
knowledge of the main intervention methods in enhancing skills called writing and compensatory tools.
basics of clinical reasoning in school psychology

Prerequisites

developmental psychology

Course unit content

knowledge of diagnostic criteria of dsa, specific language disorder, intellectual disability.
Knowledge of clinical comorbidities in adolescents with dsa
knowledge of the main intervention methods in enhancing skills called writing and compensatory tools.
basics of clinical reasoning in school psychology

Full programme

The course deals with the main issues related to children and young people with learning difficulties. The choice of the teacher is to set the whole course in a constant reflection on the psychological-clinical theme and on the territory. Self-employment, business plans and reflections on the private public relationship will be addressed directly with the teacher and with local experts.

Bibliography

TESTI CONSIGLIATI
corso pod cast https://www.centrotice.it/formazione-e-progetti/i-nostri-corsi/
Diagnosi dei disturbi evolutivi - Modelli, criteri diagnostici e casi clinici - Aggiornato al DSM-5
CLAUDIO VIO, GIANLUCA LO PRESTI
Risorse aggiuntive
Pod cast DSM V

Teaching methods

frontal teaching
flash card
pod cast
video role playing

Assessment methods and criteria

The course offers the possibility to carry out two intermediate tests
3 NOVEMBER 2021 clinical reasoning and DNS test: duration 1 hour and 30. The clinical reasoning and DNS test is composed of 26 closed questions or with very short answers (1 point is assigned to each question) + an exercise on a clinical case written in which the student will have to describe the reasoning process (information gathering and generation of hypotheses) (each question is assigned a score between 0 and 4 points)
1 DECEMBER 2021 DSA test: duration 1 hour and 30 minutes. The SLD test is made up of 19 closed questions or with very short answers on SLD (each question is assigned a score between 1 and 2 points) + a diagnostic hypothesis generation exercise based on a result of cognitive and learning tests ( which is assigned a score between 0 and 4 points).
The intermediate tests are graded out of thirty to access the oral BOTH TESTS MUST HAVE AN EVALUATION HIGHER THAN 18/30
The oral exam is MANDATORY for all students
Students who are absent or insufficient in even one of the two tests will not be able to access the oral exam
For all students who will not be able to take the intermediate tests (e.g. not attending) or who will take the exam in subsequent sessions, the exam method will be written + oral

Other information

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