Learning outcomes

One will work in order to achieve the following goals:
- Analyze and understand the interpersonal relation between educator and child/teenager/adult;
- Analyze and understand the social processes which support and regulate interpersonal relationships in social, and professional context with particular reference to sanitary and socio-sanitary structures and institutions;
- One will try to understand problems related to the way the caregiver enters and keeps the relationship with the child the teenager or the adult;
- one will analyze the different attitudes of the caregiver and his/her way of conducting relationship with the child, teenager or adult, we’ll try to give an answer to the following question: how can aggressive cues influence aggressive behavior;
- one will analyze violence and aggressive behavior, segregation, social/organizational practice and violence, applying the principles of the attachment theory and the origin of inter-subjectivity.

Training and simulations will be provided in order to allow students to familiarize themselves with operational methods

Program

Third sector organizations and child welfare system
attachment related issues
attachment security and caregiving
attachment insecurity and caregiving style
attachment and burnout in caregivers
decision making process in child welfare
team work


M. Pedrazza, (2010), Pratiche educative e processi psicologici, Carocci, Roma.

W.B., Crenshaw, L. M., Crenshaw, J.W. Lichtenberg, (1995), When Educators confront child abuse: an analysis of the decision to report, Child Abuse & Neglect. Vol 19, no. 9, pp. 1095-1113 instead of this paper one can also choose :
M.C. Kenney, Teachers' attitude toward and knowledge of child maltreatment, 2004, Child Abuse and neglect, 28:1311-1319



D. L. Zosky , (2010), Wearing Your Heart on Your Sleeve: The Experience of Burnout Among Child Welfare Workers Who are Cognitive Versus Emotional Personality Types, Journal of Public Child Welfare, Vol. 4:117–131, 2010

C. Bourassa, C. Lavergne, D. Damant, G. Lessard, P. Turcotte, (2008), Child Welfare Workers’ Practice in Cases Involving Domestic Violence Child Abuse Review Vol. 17: 174–190

J. P. Burton , J. M. Hoobler (2011) Aggressive reactions to abusive supervision: The role of interactional justice and narcissism Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 52: 389–398

Hogg M.A., Vaughan G. M.(2012) Social Psychology, Pearson, Milano

Examination Methods

Oral Examination

>20 students : written examination