Cursos / 2º Ciclo / Institute of Psychology and Educational Sciences :: Educational Psychology

AVALIAÇÃO E CONSULTA PSICOLÓGICA EDUCACIONAL - 2017/2018

1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 1st semester
ECTS: 6

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Patrícia Pinto
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutora Patrícia Pinto

Class type and School hours

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

Contextualize the Educational Psychology discipline in the context of other specialties of psychology and explore the modalities of psychological consultation in several educational settings. Reflect on the principles that should guide the psychological evaluation within the ecological model and the delineation of preventive and/or remediation intervention projects.

Specific Aims/Objectives

1) Understand the evolution of practices in Educational Psychology
2) Develop scientifically-oriented evaluation skills
3) Develop evidence-based intervention skills
4) Critical analyze of educational intervention projects

Skills to be acquired

1) To study Educational Psychology through ecological approaches.
2) To identify and to apply the speficic characteristics of educational psychological consult.
3) To develop and apply effective psychological strategies in order to evaluate and to implement interventions, considering the multiple agents and contexts.

Teaching Procedures

Exposure lessons.
Practical exercises.
Interview to educational/scholar psychologists
Psychological evaluation.
Case studies.
Study visit.

Programme

1.The educational psychologist and their tasks
1.1.General and specific characteristics of psychological education consultation
1.2.From psychological consultation models to consulting models
1.3. Psychoeducational based service: ecological interventions
1.4. Contributions of Developmental Psychology, Developmental Psychopathology and Cognitive Psychology for the practice of Educational Psychology Counseling

2. Guiding principles of the psychological educational evaluation in the ecological model.
2.1. Different assessment formats and their complementarities: formal and informal assessment, and different kinds of tests.
2.2. Ecological assessment tools and their use for assessment of adaptive behavior.
2.3. Project interventions evaluation

3. Assessment and intervention in frequent problems in an educational context - explanatory models and specific techniques:
3.1. Behavior Problems
3.2. Emotional problems
3.3. Preventive and remedial intervention programs

Evaluation Type

a) Attendance;
b) Participation in initiatives and work done in class;
c) Interventions;
d) Individual work and / or group work.

Teaching Resources

Library.
Classroom assessement.
Pedagogical supervision.
Theoretical and bibliographic support.

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

Ecological perspective of human development
Empirically based evaluation.
Intervention based on evidence.

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography