Social Work

2 Obiettivi formativi . 2.1 Obiettivi generali
 This course aims at familiarizing the students with the themes and methods of developmental psychology, including its extensions to the life span. The course is organized by ages from infancy to old age. At the end of the course students will know the “normative frames” of development. Students will be able to identify theory in developmental psychology to be applied in social work. Students will learn theories and methods of developmental psychology through lessons, applicative aspects will be learned through discussions in class. 2.2 Obiettivi specifici 2.2.1 Conoscenza e capacità di comprensione (knowledge and understanding). Students will know normative frames related to cognitive, social and emotional development, and methods of developmental research. Students will learn life span concepts and developmental tasks from infancy to old age with a particular attention to mentalizing skills as a protective factor. 2.2.2 Capacità di applicare conoscenza e comprensione (applyingknowledge and under-standing). At the end of the course students will be able to recognize normative frame, developmental tasks chal-lenges and resources in analyzing a “case”. 2.2.3 Autonomia di giudizio (makingjudgements). Class discussions will allow students to learn how to comment a case making reference to psychological theories and to contextualize the case in the environment. 2.2.4 Abilità comunicative (communicationskills). Trough discussions in class, students will learn how communicate using specific terminology of develop-mental psychology. In this way they will learn how communicate to developmental psychologists in equipe work. … … … 2.2.5 5) Capacità di apprendimento (learningskills). Recall to sources will allow students to learn how to study in deep topics of developmental psychology, above all by using appropriate key words