Program Overview

DISABILITY PSYCHOLOGY

Course Overview

The main objective of the course is to contribute to the training of future teachers by providing skills in the field of the main developmental disorders. The workshop allows experimenting with some working strategies with disabilities in the process of school inclusion.

Aims and Content

Learning Outcomes

The course aims to introduce the concepts of disability, developmental disorders, inclusion, and to deal with the issue of atypical development, especially in relation to the school context. It also aims to provide tools for planning inclusive courses and designing Individualized Educational Plans functional to didactic work and consistent with current regulations.

Aims and Learning Outcomes

The teaching allows students to gain theoretical knowledge on atypical development and face situations with a scientific, inclusive, non-judgmental attitude. The attendance of the workshop allows reading a clinical diagnosis and an ICF-based protocol and being able to describe the areas of interest in the structuring of the Individual Plan.

Prerequisites

• Basic knowledge of typical development

Teaching Methods

Lessons are held in a participatory way, alternating short interventions by the teacher with discussions, watching videos, individual and group exercises. During the workshop, students can experience professional skills and practice with the proposed technologies and materials.

Syllabus/Content

• Knowledge of atypical development in its various aspects
• Approach to assessment with psychological and didactic tools
• The role of the school and strategies to improve inclusion and enhance learning

Recommended Reading/Bibliography

For the discipline, please refer to the texts listed. On the Aulaweb, teaching materials and examples are provided.

Teachers and Exam Board

• MARIA CARMEN USAI
• VINCENZA BENIGNO

Exam Board

• MARIA CARMEN USAI (President)
• VINCENZA BENIGNO (President Substitute)

Lessons

Lessons Start

February 23th, 2022

Class Schedule

• __DISABILITY PSYCHOLOGY

Exams

Exam Description

The exam for attending students includes an ongoing written evaluation of the basic text and an oral exam in which the other texts and the results of the laboratory activity will be discussed. For non-attending students, the assessment will be oral.

Assessment Methods

See assessment methods of the discipline

Exam Schedule

• Data appello: 13/01/2026, Orario: 14:00, Luogo: GENOVA, Degree type: Scritto, Note: , Subject: PSICOLOGIA DELLE DISABILITﾀ (DISCIPLINA)
• Data appello: 27/01/2026, Orario: 14:00, Luogo: GENOVA, Degree type: Scritto, Note: , Subject: PSICOLOGIA DELLE DISABILITﾀ (DISCIPLINA)
• Data appello: 10/02/2026, Orario: 14:00, Luogo: GENOVA, Degree type: Scritto, Note: , Subject: PSICOLOGIA DELLE DISABILITﾀ (DISCIPLINA)
• Data appello: 26/05/2026, Orario: 09:00, Luogo: GENOVA, Degree type: Scritto, Note: , Subject: PSICOLOGIA DELLE DISABILITﾀ (DISCIPLINA)
• Data appello: 09/06/2026, Orario: 09:00, Luogo: GENOVA, Degree type: Scritto, Note: , Subject: PSICOLOGIA DELLE DISABILITﾀ (DISCIPLINA)
• Data appello: 30/06/2026, Orario: 09:00, Luogo: GENOVA, Degree type: Scritto, Note: , Subject: PSICOLOGIA DELLE DISABILITﾀ (DISCIPLINA)
• Data appello: 16/07/2026, Orario: 09:00, Luogo: GENOVA, Degree type: Scritto, Note: , Subject: PSICOLOGIA DELLE DISABILITﾀ (DISCIPLINA)
• Data appello: 08/09/2026, Orario: 14:00, Luogo: GENOVA, Degree type: Scritto, Note: , Subject: PSICOLOGIA DELLE DISABILITﾀ (DISCIPLINA)

Further Information

All students must visit the Aulaweb page regularly. All information and materials related to this course are exclusively published on this website. Any shifts in lectures timetable or office hours will be announced on Aulaweb. Students with DSA, disability, or other special educational needs are recommended to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course, to organize teaching and assessment, taking into account both the class aims and the student's needs and providing suitable compensatory instruments.