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LEARNING DISABILITIES: ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Disciplinary Sector:
Psychology of Development and Psychology of Education
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
The course provides a basic knowledge of brain neuroanatomy, some descriptive statistics concepts are also used.
Objectives
Contents - History of evolution in the theoretical approach to learning disabilities
- Knowledge of the evolution of legislation and nosography
- Knowledge of the neuroanatomical basis of modeling on the functioning of learning cognitive structures
- Understanding of basic cognitive functions
- Understanding of the probabilistic multifactorial functioning model
- Knowledge of associated psychopathologies and psychological relapses
- Knowledge of updated evaluation practices
Extended Syllabus 1) Definitions, diagnostic criteria and classifications.
2) biological basis of dyslexia and dyscalculia
3) developmental dyslexia
4) the difficulties and disturbances of the calculation
5) writing disorders: dysgraphia, dysorthography and difficulty of written expression
6) problems in understanding the text
7) disturbances of mathematical reasoning and problem solving
8) specific language disorders, learning difficulties of the foreign language and the case of students with DSA
9) non-verbal disturbance
10) intellectual disabilities and limit intellectual functioning
11) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
12) emotional-motivational aspects that accompany learning difficulties.
Recommended Bibliography I DISTURBI DELL'APPRENDIMENTO
Curatore: Cesare Cornoldi
Editore: Il Mulino
Collana: Strumenti. Psicologia
Anno edizione: 2019
In commercio dal: 25 luglio 2019
Pagine: 448 p., Brossura
EAN: 9788815284679
COSTO 30,60 €
Methods of Provision
Teaching Methods The course includes 48 hours of frontal teaching (or alternatively via online platform), divided into lessons of 4 consecutive hours, for 12 weeks, according to the academic calendar. 102 hours of individual study follow. Pdf teaching materials are provided and available in the e-learning section.
Attendance is optional, recommended, the final exam will be the same for attending and non-attending students.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
The final exam consists of 21 multiple choice questions with 4 alternative answers. The contents of the questions are taken from the chapters of the textbook (excluding chapter 13), any insights provided during the lessons will not be included in the verification, so as not to penalize non-attending students. Oral supplemental exams are not allowed.
Contacts/More Information Students who present a certification that entitles them to a personalized teaching method and differentiated verification methods are required to communicate their needs at the beginning of the course and agree on the most suitable methods for the case with a private meeting. An updated assessment is required (no more than three years old at the time of enrollment).
Being a contract teacher, the teacher does not have a timetable or office for the reception of students. Please communicate via the email irenedicampli@gmail.com and if necessary you will be received at my private offices in Lanciano (CH) and Pescara.