Ateneo - UPO

The study, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of addictions and mental health disorders and psychopathological disorders in childhood and adolescence, in relation to psychosocial and environmental aspects. Educational intervention and clinical tools. Introduction to the knowledge of Playback Theatre. What Playback Theatre is: it is an original form of improvisational and reflective theatre, in which the audience or group members spontaneously tell “stories” from their lives and see them immediately performed on stage by the performers. PBT is used in a wide range of contexts and fields. Active methods in group facilitation. Notes on socio- and psychodramatic techniques. Historical notes on the origins of Playback Theatre. Characteristics of PBT: spontaneity, creativity, artistic dignity, social interaction. Setting/the ritual. The 5 structural elements of PBT: narrator, conductor, actor/performer, spectator/witness, music. Main expressive forms

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Provide students with fundamental knowledge regarding the rehabilitative specificities of children and adolescents with reference to international guidelines; as well as in addictions and mental health. Specific rehabilitative techniques and knowledge of the foundations to develop preventive and rehabilitative interventions. Teach through experience the main principles and the main expressive forms of Playback Theatre. Offer a tool of work applicable to different and multiple group contexts, based on spontaneity, creativity, relation, listening, sharing and return, using the body, voice, movement as communicative and artistic tools.

Educational observation, context analysis, needs analysis. Curiosity, willingness to listen to yourself and others, to get involved, use your own body, voice, movement, as comunicative and artistic tools.

Each lesson includes a theoretical part and a practical part. Female students and male students will be invited to discuss clinical cases. Active and experiential method

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Written test
Oral and practical assessment

1. The prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of psychopathological disorders in childhood and adolescence. 2. Educational intervention and clinical tools such as educational observation, interviews, counseling, group activities, and integrated work in a multidisciplinary team. 3. Treatments and training programs for parents. 4. Interventions provided for minors and their families. 5. Educational intervention and clinical tools. 6. Services aimed at childhood and adolescence. 7. Knowledge of psychopathology in the educational and rehabilitative process. 8. Complex traumatic exposure as a vulnerability factor for the development of addictions in adolescents and young adults. 9. Substance abuse: support for adolescents and families. 10. The educational approach in the rehabilitative path for substance use and mental health disorders in adulthood and old age. 11. Presentation of clinical cases.
Playback Theatre is an original form of theatre based on improvisation and return, in which the audience or group members tell stories from their lives and watch them enacted on the spot. Playback Theatre is used in a broad range of settings and fields. Main characteristics of PBT: spontaneity, creativity, artistic dignity, social interaction The creator of PBT: Jonathan Fox The origins of PBT Empathetic listening, cooperation between performers on the stage, the audience and the teller Setting/ritual Stories Artistic factor Lightness and depth Main roles: performer, conductor, actor, musician, audience Performance Laboratories Trasformative processes Individual and community Main expressive forms: stage presence, posture, voice, movement, short forms (including static or fluid sculptures, pairs, chorus), stories, vignettes PBT and psichodrama: analogies and differences Active methods of leading groups Hints of sociodrama and psychodrama tecniques.

Knowledge regarding psychopathology and rehabilitation pathways in addiction and mental health issues, for education and training
Learning of main characteristics of Playback Theatre Learning of main expressive forms Learning of some active methods when leading groups Knowing how to formulate hypothesis of application/projects in the socio-educative-healthcare field