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PSICOLOGIA DELLO SVILUPPO E DELL'EDUCAZIONE

Teaching Staff

TIZIANA LO CASTRO - Module general psychology - M-PSI/04 - 3 CFU
GIUSEPPE LANZA - Module Developmental psychology - MED/50 - 3 CFU

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Learning Objectives

• general psychology
  

  Offer a perspective on the development of the individual, analyzing the main theories. Through a transversal approach, to disentangle the complexity of the different contexts of growth by integrating the classical theories with current elements about education.

• Developmental psychology
  

  1) To know the mechanisms of impaired development and functioning of swallowing in infants.

  2) To know the disorders of the verbal fluency in infancy: alterations of the normal fluence and rhythm of the speech, inappropriate for the age and the individual linguistic abilities.

  3) To know the neuropsychological processes involved in reading, writing and calculating, within the spectrum of Specific Learning Disabilities (DSA).

  4) To know the alterations of the praxic functions and the quantitative and/or qualitative alterations of the voice in childhood.

Course Structure

• general psychology
  

  frontal lessons with multimedia support

• Developmental psychology
  

  Frontal interactive lessons, with slides, videos and tutorials.

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Detailed Course Content

• general psychology
  

  motor development

  emotional development

  attachment ties in the life cycle

  cognitive development

  language and communication development

  moral and social development

  the role of the family and the school in the educational process

• Developmental psychology
  

  1) Swallowing disorders in childhood: neurological and neuromuscular diseases, structural abnormalities, psychiatric and behavioral disorders.

  2) Specific Learning Disabilities (DSA) and Specific Language Disorder (DSL)

  3) Verbal fluency disorders in childhood

  4) Praxic and vocal disorders in childhood.

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Textbook Information

• general psychology
  

  Psicologia dello sviluppo e dell’educazione

  Caravita S., Milani L., Traficante D.

  Ed. Il Mulino 2018

• Developmental psychology
  

  - L. Sabbadini. Disturbi specifici del linguaggio, disprassie e funzioni esecutive. Springer-Verlag Italia, 2013

  - C. Vio, P. E. Tressoldi, G. Lo Presti. Diagnosi dei disturbi specifici dell'apprendimento scolastico. Erickson, 2013

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