P745 - ECTS

1- To relate dominant orientations and practices in the assessment of children and their developmental contexts with the main theoretical frameworks of child development.

2- To value assessment practices as crucial tools for promoting habilitation and inclusion of children with disabilities.

 

3- To acquire skills for participating in transdisciplinary assessment teams.

 

4- To develop capacities for using problem solving strategies related with the use of best practices in child developmental assessments.

P720 - ECTS

In the end of this course the students should be able to:

- Understand and explain the principles of neuropsychological assessment as well the theoretical models that support neuropsychological assessment.

- Know the major neuropsychological deficits (selection), integrating the cognitive and the neurofunctional aspects.

- Describe accuracy and error indicators underlying neuropsychological assessment.

- Show expertise skills regarding neuropsychological assessment: preparatory interview (neuropsychological history), screening and examination procedures.

- Plan a neuropsychological battery (neuropsychological tests and other examination techniques) according the patient deficits and elaborate a written report (performance description and interpretation).

- Give clinical and rehabilitation guidelines according to the neuropsychological assessment results.

P830 - ECTS

1. To define and to characterize learning disabilities (LD) 2. To get to know explanatory theoretical models of the learning process of reading and writing 3. To identify critical dimensions of the teaching process in the promotion of learning and in the prevention of LD 4. To plan and to implement intervention strategies in LD, in students of elementary school 5. To be able to collaborate with education professionals and others to organize integrated intervention strategies 6. To identify other problems associated with LD

MTP19 - ECTS Students are expected to: identify types of oppression and discrimination associated with gender and sexuality in the aging process; Discuss strategies of subtle and internalized oppression and discrimination; Develop cultural awareness that allows them to understand and respect differences; Develop self-reflection and self-criticism about their personal values and how they affect their lives and their relationships with others. At the end of the course, students should be able to think critically about how categorization, and classifications on the basis of such stereotypes can lead to discrimination of the elderly in their total intersectionality

MTP15 - ECTS To promote the understanding of late adulthood as a critical period with respect to its main, normative and non-normative, life events and transitions.

To facilitate the exploration of a set of theoretical models, notions and concepts that allow to identify, frame and meet the needs and tasks of structuring the life project of late adults, in a future projection perpetive.

To offer opportunities for students' direct contact with different settings, social responses, professionals and practices oriented toward the late adult.

To encourage the acquisition of action planning skills which can be used in the organization of initiatives to support the late adult in the harmonization and enrichment of their life project aiming the enhancement of their development opportunities and the diversification of their sources of personal fulfillment and life satisfaction.

To identify and discuss the main ethical issues involved in supporting the management of life project in late adulthood.

P700 - ECTS

To know and critically analyze theoretical concepts and models underpinning psychological intervention in educational contexts.
To be aware of the educational system and main challenges for those involved, as well as of the legal documents and requirements that frame psychological practice in educational contexts.
To elaborate activity plans for psychological intervention in formal settings.  
Identify best practices and quality dimensions of educational contexts.
Get acquainted and use assessment instruments in a competent and ethical manner to gather psycho-educationally relevant information
Identify different targets and purposes for psycho-educational intervention
Plan psycho-educational interventions at the individual, school and family level targeting identified needs. 
To develop personal, social and ethical competences needed to practice psychological intervention in educational contexts.

P813 - ECTS

1. To know and understand what harm reduction is and its importance.
2. To distinguish social intervention and harm reduction from similar forms of intervention (communitary intervention, health education...).
3. To know the different areas, methods and strategies used in drug use and sex work' s harm reduction.
4. Based on good practices examples, identify, characterise and critically discuss other projects and programs.
5. To apply acquired knoledge to concrete situations and contexts

MTP01 - ECTS

Provide students with the fundamental knowledge of research methods used in psychology that will help them develop skills in critically evaluating research studies as well as provide the tools needed to design one’s own study

It corresponds to a first step of student training intended to familiarize students with the scientific research methods in Psychology, through the reflection and illustration of studies. It is also an objective to develop the ability to identify and critically evaluate the research methods used in published papers.

 

 

MTP16 - ECTS

1. To be able to recognize the neuropsychological approach to the study of ageing, and to identify its main characteristics.

2. To be familiar with age-related changes in perception, memory, intelligence and emotion, and to be able to interpret them through cognitive analysis and behavioral observation.

3. To be able to interpret, analyze, and critically review specialized literature (scientific articles) about ageing from a neuropsychological perspective.

4. To be able to make the link between acquired knowledge and own professional practice (whenever applicable).

P707 - ECTS

- Have a full understanding of the theoretical and empirical developments of the nature and meaning of deviant behaviors
- To deepen the theories applied to the comprehension and intervention in different types of deviant behaviors, violence and crime, juvenile delinquency and anti-social behaviours, white-collar and corporate crime, as well as drug use and drug addiction
- To develop reading and intervention competences, mainly the ones referring to the uses of psychology in the fields of justice, forensic psychology, victimology and criminology

MTP02 - ECTS

The general goal of the various MTP Seminars is to deepen the knowledge and skills that allow a proficient and critical use of research in the field of Psychology and to plan the development of an individual original research, empirical or theoretical, in a specific field of Psychology.

In this course, students will become familiar with and learn to identify the most relevant textbooks, reviews, papers and journals for their research topics. The students will also learn how to critically assess research papers and to point out to research gaps that can be operationalized into feasible research questions.

Specifically, in a specific field of Psychology, the goals are to understand:

1- How to review scientific literature

2- How to review the literature critically

3- How to systematize relevant information about theoretical and methodological frameworks

4- How to frame a research question

 

 

 

MTP20 - ECTS

It is true that the ageing population corresponds to a positive evolution in our societies; still, that process also has effects in terms of social costs and it triggers public policies that aim at keeping more workers in the labour market until retirement age – which tends to be gradually later in life.

However, such measures do not encompass the intervention on the workplaces so to make them sustainable along the people’s entire professional paths – although it is well-known that the working conditions can either determine to a large extent the possibility to maintain a working situation or, on the contrary, justify the need to withdraw.

On the other hand, such measures do not value enough the potential for the performance of professional activities that lies within the experience that comes with age. The debate about which forms the public action can take regarding ageing at and by work, together with tangible approaches, is, under these circumstances, reinforced.

The curricular unit is structured so the students can be capable of:

- Be familiar and understand the dynamic interrelations between work and ageing: know which working conditions and which principles of work organisation foster the sustainable increase of the working life, without prejudice to the health (neither during the working period, nor after retirement), throughout the working path;

- Concerning the public policies on employment and health, be familiar and take a stand regarding the measures that have been recommended as favourable to the sustainable development of regions, companies and workers aged 50+;

- Make a clear, accurate and coherent organisation of one’s reasoning and justify the ethical, theoretical and methodological options made in different situations;

- Think thorough and produce original processes to approach the issues under analysis;

- Protect the self-criticism capacity and the understanding towards the interlocutors’ point of view.

P832 - ECTS

1- To portray the main theoretical approaches that guide contemporary practices in Early Childhood Intervention (ECI).

2- To clarify the importance of inscribing ECI practices within an inclusive framework according to family centered approaches as well as on the other inclusive settings on child participation.

3- To know the fundamental guidelines used in the design and implementation of intervention plans in ECI.

4- To understand the working principles and the required skills to actively participate in ECI transdisciplinary teams

5- To understand the principles of colaborative consultation when working wit parents and team professionals.

MTP03 - ECTS

 

Following “Metodologia e Epistemologia da Investigação em Psicologia I”, the goals are to apply and understand research methods in the context of students’ own research project, helping them to develop skills in critically evaluating research studies and providing the tools needed to design one’s own study.

P701 - ECTS

1. To get to know theoretical models of disability in children and youths 2. To identify and to characterize Special Educational Needs (SEN) 3. To identify critical context dimensions for the inclusion of children and youths with SEN 4. To plan and to implement integrated intervention strategies that respond to children and youths with SEN 5. To be able to collaborate with children and youths with SEN, with their families, other education and rehabilitation professionals and with the community in order to organize the support to SEN

P743 - ECTS

1. To be able to recognize the neuropsychological approach to the study of mind-brain and human behavior, and to identify its main characteristics.

2. To be familiar with selected neuropsychological syndromes, and be able to interpret them through cognitive analysis and behavioral observation.

3. To be knowledgeable about the consequences of brain lesion at the individual level and how it impacts on family and social networks.

4. To be able to interpret, analyze, and critically review specialized literature (scientific articles) in the domain of neuropsychology.

5. To be able to make the link between acquired knowledge and the professional practice of neuropsychology.

MTP17 - ECTS

• Develop knowledge about the psychology of aging in a biopsychosocial perspective;
• Promote the reflection on the current challenges of aging and the need for innovative clinical responses from professionals and social and health institutions;
• Enable students to identify the most significant life contexts of late adulthood, the processes and the inherent main changes ;
• Know the international guidelines of psychotherapeutic intervention and of the therapeutic relationship in late adulthood;
• Understand the major issues and challenges in late adulthood;
• Know and reflect on the different intervention/caregiving approaches with the elderly and their families;
• Develop a positive and realistic attitude about the intervention with elderly in clinic and health contexts. 

P723 - ECTS

- Acquire in-depth knowledge within the areas of Forensic Psychology, Psychology of Justice, Witness Psychology, among others.

- Acquire in-depth knowledge about the relationship between psychology and the justice system.

- Develop knowledge about the Portuguese Justice System and compare it with other justice and penal systems.

- Acquire in-depth knowledge about forensic psychological assessment/expertises.

-To understand the role of the psychologist within the Justice System and to develop skills in the domain of psychological intervention within the various sub-systems of the justice system (e.g., forensic psychological assessment, intervention in courts, prisons, reeducation facilities, rehabilitation, combating social exclusion, child welfare system).

MTP18 - ECTS

The classes’ goal is to present and debate current models and theories of the Social Psychology of Ageing. Beyond the theoretical framework the empirical research’ methodologies of the Social Psychology of Ageing are also approached.

P811 - ECTS

In the end of this course the students should be able to: > Understand and explain the principles of neural dynamics that support neuropsychological rehabilitation, and to justify it using clinical evidence. > Describe the fundamentals of neuropsychological rehabilitation. > Plan and implement rehabilitation programs, selecting and applying diverse strategies that conform to the clinical and individual requirements. > Adopt an holistic frame of reference, and attending also to the context. > Monitor and adjusting the rehabilitation programs according to the evaluation of results.

MTP04 - ECTS

The general goal of the various MTP Seminars is to deepen the knowledge and skills that allow a proficient and critical use of research in the field of Psychology and to plan the development of an individual original research, empirical or theoretical, in a specific field of Psychology.

 

This unit specifically aims to foster the understanding of:

1- How to critically analyze existing research, reflecting on the theoretical, practical, and ethical implications

2- How to select appropriate methods in the field of study

3- How to develop a research design adequate to the research questions, including methods of data collection (to identify and analyse sources of information such as surveys and interviews, and procedures) and analysis.

 

P708 - ECTS

- To comprehend the social determinants of deviance; 
- To know the main theoretical lines (built on social psychology, sociology, anthropology and ethnography cross over) that gave important contributions to the explanation of deviance and crime; 
- To be capable of linking contemporary social and cultural dynamics with signs of disorder and deviant behaviors. 

P722 - ECTS

-To get a general perspective on the social and historical process of the individuality development and of social control in Modernity; 
-To identify the main control devices (dispositivos de controlo) and the effects they have on the individual; 
-To recognise the sings of the contemporary crises in the effectiveness of social control strategies. 
-To develop analytical skills to interpret the institutional context as a result of the dynamic relationship between power strategies and forms of knowledge. 

MTP07 - ECTS

The general goal of this unit is to develop an individual original, empirical or theoretical research project, involving field and/or laboratory work, in a in a specific field of Psychology, more specifically:

1- How to develop a guided independent research on a specific Psychology topic, involving

2- How to develop a written dissertation of the research

MTP08 - ECTS

Following the curricular units “Metodologia e Epistemologia da Investigação em Psicologia” I e II, this curricular unit intends to support an in-depth and systematic knowledge of the methods of investigation in Psychology, its operationalization and application in the concrete scope of the research work of each students, in order to contribute to the development of relevant and original scientific research work.

MTP05 - ECTS

The general goal of the various MTP Seminars is to deepen the knowledge and skills that allow a proficient and critical use of research in the field of Psychology and to plan the development of an individual original research, empirical or theoretical, in a specific field of Psychology.

 This unit aims to develop the capability to interpret, evaluate and present the findings of the individual research project, specifically know:

1- How to interpret accurately the research data

2- How to contemplate the ethical standards of research

3- How to evaluate the work developed

4- How to clearly present and discuss the knowledge, arguments and conclusions.

MTP06 - ECTS

The general goal of the various MTP Seminars is to deepen the knowledge and skills that allow a proficient and critical use of research in the field of Psychology and to plan the development of an individual original research, empirical or theoretical, in a specific field of Psychology.

 

This unit specifically aims to follow up, manage and monitor the implementation of the individual research projet; more specifically:

1- To guide the use of adequate methods of data collection in a specific field of Psychology research

2- To guide the use of adequate methods of data analysis in a specific field of Psychology research