The course aims to enable the acquisition of theoretical, methodological and practical skills related to the implementation of projects for interventions in the fields of education, health and the third sector. In particular, it intends to provide training oriented to the ability to read in interpsychic terms in the context of design identifiable as a cognitive and emotional action capable of allowing a psychological and material transformation in order to obtain a desired change thanks to the intervention. An action of systematization and connection capable of identifying in the writing of a project an intervention capable of placing itself between a psychological need and its possible response in terms of acceptance and transformative improvement. Therefore capable of identifying an idea as a path to take in order to achieve a productive change. The reference model for the construction of the project will be the bio-psycho-social one in which health is correlated to a multitude of determinants, pertaining to the biological, psychological and social dimension; the human being is an open and complex system that interacts with the outside in a process of continuous adaptation and exchange of information. This concept motivates the importance of acting not only on the individual but also on all the other components of the system.
Course Prerequisites
No specific prerequisites are required except the ability and willingness to work collaboratively in a group
Teaching Methods
Small group work on tasks assigned by the teacher, creation of project content, implementation of a project. Interactive lecture with information on the main financiers of psychological support projects with related guidelines and project writing policies.
Assessment Methods
It is required to attend at least 80% of the lessons and pass a practical test of designing an intervention built in a group during the lessons.
Texts
Francesco Rovetto, Paolo Moderato, Progetti di intervento psicologico. Idee, suggestioni e suggerimenti per la pratica professionale, McGraw-Hill capp 12-13 Eugenio Rollo, Lo psicologo e la progettazione. Progetti in ambito clinico, sociale, evolutivo e del lavoro, Domeneghini Editore
Contents
The guided practical course exposes and asks for active participation in the construction of the different steps involved in the conception of a project (how and why a project is born), in the activation (who and in what capacity is involved in the project), in the planning (writing of the project with analysis of the demand and needs, general purposes and objectives, target beneficiaries, activities and methodologies, implementation times, budget drafting and constraints and potential). A part of the course is dedicated to the analysis of projects in the different educational, healthcare and third sector fields. Keeping in mind the criterion of sustainability over time, the following planning contents will be covered: stakeholder analysis, SWOT analysis and intervention strategies, prevention of psychological distress in the school and intercultural psychoeducational field, psychological assistance and support in the psychology of health emergencies and disasters, psychological interventions with families of patients affected by serious chronic diseases, rehabilitation interventions for families with disabled people and pediatric psychology in a hospital department.