DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

1.Knowledge and understanding. Students will need to achieve a good understanding of the theoretical and methodological basis, relative to the assessment and intervention of the developmental psychopathological disorders.

2.Applying knowledge and understanding. Students should be able to use their knowledge to explain the different developmental pictures.

3.Making judgments. Students will develop critical thinking and reflection on methodological issues and on the relationship between the specific theoretical positions and the recent empirical results.

4. Communication skills. Students should acquire the ability to critically discuss the concepts relative to developmentental psycopathology and to identify the boundaries between psychoeducational and psychotherapeutic intervention.

5.Learning skills. Students should be able to learn the most recent theoretical approaches and the key assesment and intervention tools in the field of developmental psycopathology.