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Study programmes 2012-2013Last update : 18/06/2013
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PSYC0049-2  Psychology of new families

Duration :  15h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits :  
Master in Psychological Sciences, in-depth approach, 1st year3
Master in Psychological Sciences, in-depth approach, 2nd year3
Master in Psychological Sciences, in-depth approach, 2nd year3
Master in Psychology, professional focus in social, work and organizations psychology, 1st year3
Master in Psychology, professional focus in social, work and organizations psychology, 2nd year3
Master in Psychology, professional focus in social, work and organizations psychology, 2nd year3
Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Clinical Psychology : Psychotherapeutic Process and Change, 2nd year3
Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Clinical Psychology : Psychotherapeutic Process and Change, 2nd year3
Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Clinical Psychology : Cognitive-Behavioural Psychotherapeutic Approach, Clin, 2nd year3
Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Clinical Psychology : Cognitive-Behavioural Psychotherapeutic Approach, Clin, 2nd year3
Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Cognitive and Behavioural Neurosciences, 1st year3
Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Cognitive and Behavioural Neurosciences, 2nd year3
Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Cognitive and Behavioural Neurosciences, 2nd year3
Master en sciences psychologiques, à finalité spécialisée en psychologie clinique, 1st year3
Master en sciences psychologiques, à finalité spécialisée en psychologie clinique, 2nd year3
Master en sciences psychologiques, à finalité spécialisée en psychologie clinique, 2nd year3
Lecturer :  Salvatore D'Amore
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Course contents :  
The course envisages an initiation with the psychology of the traditional family and of the new families (stepfamilies, intercultural, homoparental, migrant, adoptive, single-parent, complex). That through the theorical perspective of life cycle and the concepts of ambiance, structure, ethics, strategy, parental alliance, scripts, myth and belief.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
Students will learn in a constructive way theoretical concepts through the application of research methods and systemic clinics. We will also try to study the main method and systemic techniques problems related to the observation of relational dynamics within families and couples.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Systemic Psychology
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Pratical works will aim the analysis of the crossing of the synchronic-interactional axe with that of diachronic-trigenerational. Concretely, the students will contact families directly and will carry out a systemic analysis starting from observation and the constitution of family story with the support of various tools and instruments of type the quantitative and qualitative.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
Ex-cathedra course, role-plays, group work, qualitative and quantitative analysis based on video material.
Recommended or required readings :  
Les Nouvelles Familles, Approches CliniquesSalvatore D'Amore (Editor) DeBoeck, 2012
Farde de lecture obligatoires et conseillés
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Report and oral examination
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Contacts :  
Professeur : Salvatore D'Amore Courriel: s.damore@ulg.ac.be


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