This document summarizes a study on managing primary school classes. It describes a survey of 65 primary school teachers in Italy on their perceptions of student conduct. The results showed that teachers valued a positive psychological climate in the classroom that facilitates learning through positive social interactions and adherence to educational goals. However, some teachers still preferred repressive discipline approaches. The researchers suggest this may be because teachers need more training on classroom management strategies and because schools are expected to take on a larger role in guiding student behavior where families are unable to. Overall, the study highlights the importance of cooperation between schools and families in managing student conduct.
Cangkrukan, A New Approach Keeping Your Local Open Source Community Alivedickybagus
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Cognitivism became the dominant psychological paradigm in the 1960s as it focused on internal mental processes rather than just observable behaviors. It viewed the mind as akin to a computer that processes information. A famous model proposed by cognitive researchers was the multi-store memory model, which suggested that memory involves three stages - sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory. While cognitivism has helped explain many aspects of human thinking, it has also received criticisms for neglecting factors like emotions, consciousness, the role of the physical world, and the inherently social nature of human thought.
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Social media has long since made its way into the mainstream of marketing, and just about every business of every size now has a presence on at least a few of the major networks. But most of them do so from beneath a skeptical brow, wondering: how can this help me sell?
This document summarizes a study on managing primary school classes. It describes a survey of 65 primary school teachers in Italy on their perceptions of student conduct. The results showed that teachers valued a positive psychological climate in the classroom that facilitates learning through positive social interactions and adherence to educational goals. However, some teachers still preferred repressive discipline approaches. The researchers suggest this may be because teachers need more training on classroom management strategies and because schools are expected to take on a larger role in guiding student behavior where families are unable to. Overall, the study highlights the importance of cooperation between schools and families in managing student conduct.
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Cognitivism became the dominant psychological paradigm in the 1960s as it focused on internal mental processes rather than just observable behaviors. It viewed the mind as akin to a computer that processes information. A famous model proposed by cognitive researchers was the multi-store memory model, which suggested that memory involves three stages - sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory. While cognitivism has helped explain many aspects of human thinking, it has also received criticisms for neglecting factors like emotions, consciousness, the role of the physical world, and the inherently social nature of human thought.
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This short document promotes creating presentations using Haiku Deck, a tool for making slideshows. It encourages the reader to get started making their own Haiku Deck presentation and sharing it on SlideShare. In just one sentence, it pitches the idea of using Haiku Deck to easily create engaging slideshow presentations.
Social media has long since made its way into the mainstream of marketing, and just about every business of every size now has a presence on at least a few of the major networks. But most of them do so from beneath a skeptical brow, wondering: how can this help me sell?
Raymond J. Rivera has over 10 years of experience in warehouse operations, storekeeping, sales, and administrative work. He currently works as a Warehouse Operator for Louis Vuitton in Jebel Ali, where his responsibilities include receiving shipments, order preparation, stock storage and organization, inventory, and document filing. Previously, he held roles as a Storekeeper for Louis Vuitton in Abu Dhabi and Roving Merchandiser for TIDE detergent, demonstrating a track record of competent customer service, sales, and stock management skills. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Education from Nueva Ecija University of Science & Technology and is a Filipino citizen with a valid UAE employment visa and
Christol Bartley has over 10 years of experience in banking, accounting, and purchasing roles. She currently works as a Records Research Analyst at Hudson City Savings Bank where she maintains bank records and assists other departments. Prior experience includes positions as a Purchasing Assistant, Purchasing and Inventory Assistant, Accounting Intern, and Assistant Manager at Bank of America where she led a team of 9 staff members. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Finance from Rutgers University.
The document outlines a proposed naming convention and programming structure for .rbf files used on an EDM machine. Key points include:
1) The naming convention specifies the cycle, spark gap, burn direction, application, surface finish, and whether it is a roughing or finishing program.
2) Burn coordinates would specify the tool number, X,Y,Z clearance, and C-axis for each location. Z clearance values could be imported from 3D trajectories.
3) Flushing could be automated by assigning variables to represent left, right, workpiece, and electrode flushing modes.
4) Programs would sequence tools for roughing and finishing each location with appropriate tool changes in between.
This document discusses identification of respiratory tract infections caused by Streptococcus spp, Corynebacterium diphteriae, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It describes the media, stains, and tests used to identify these bacteria, including blood agar, chocolate agar, gram stain, optochin test, and bacitracin test. The document focuses on identifying Streptococcus species and differentiating between them using characteristics such as hemolysis patterns (alpha, beta, gamma), optochin test, inulin test, and bile solubility test.
The document lists names of individuals from various cities in the United States who were murdered by the capitalist class for organizing workers and fighting for an 8-hour workday, ending child labor, and free speech. It also advertises books and merchandise available from the IWW Literature Department, including titles about incarcerated IWW members, encounters between the IWW and Zapatistas, life as a worker, and histories of the IWW and Haymarket affair. The document ends by listing IWW contacts around the world.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
Meeting Millennials Where They Live--Online. Focus on digital engagement: Mar...Carole Lotito
This document discusses strategies for marketing to millennial audiences through digital channels. Millennials are highly engaged online, sharing information across various platforms. They are receptive to personalized messaging that provides value. The document recommends marketing through email, mobile apps, and social media as these are primary channels for millennial engagement. Tactics like A/B testing and collecting user feedback can help optimize campaigns. The key is understanding millennial behaviors and meeting them in the digital spaces they already inhabit.
Relazione sul progetto promosso da A.P.I.Bi.M.I. Onlus, tramite il Sostegno a Distanza, in Mozambico all'interno del programma sviluppato dal CAM - Consorzio Associazioni con il Mozambico
Raymond J. Rivera has over 10 years of experience in warehouse operations, storekeeping, sales, and administrative work. He currently works as a Warehouse Operator for Louis Vuitton in Jebel Ali, where his responsibilities include receiving shipments, order preparation, stock storage and organization, inventory, and document filing. Previously, he held roles as a Storekeeper for Louis Vuitton in Abu Dhabi and Roving Merchandiser for TIDE detergent, demonstrating a track record of competent customer service, sales, and stock management skills. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Education from Nueva Ecija University of Science & Technology and is a Filipino citizen with a valid UAE employment visa and
Christol Bartley has over 10 years of experience in banking, accounting, and purchasing roles. She currently works as a Records Research Analyst at Hudson City Savings Bank where she maintains bank records and assists other departments. Prior experience includes positions as a Purchasing Assistant, Purchasing and Inventory Assistant, Accounting Intern, and Assistant Manager at Bank of America where she led a team of 9 staff members. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Finance from Rutgers University.
The document outlines a proposed naming convention and programming structure for .rbf files used on an EDM machine. Key points include:
1) The naming convention specifies the cycle, spark gap, burn direction, application, surface finish, and whether it is a roughing or finishing program.
2) Burn coordinates would specify the tool number, X,Y,Z clearance, and C-axis for each location. Z clearance values could be imported from 3D trajectories.
3) Flushing could be automated by assigning variables to represent left, right, workpiece, and electrode flushing modes.
4) Programs would sequence tools for roughing and finishing each location with appropriate tool changes in between.
This document discusses identification of respiratory tract infections caused by Streptococcus spp, Corynebacterium diphteriae, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It describes the media, stains, and tests used to identify these bacteria, including blood agar, chocolate agar, gram stain, optochin test, and bacitracin test. The document focuses on identifying Streptococcus species and differentiating between them using characteristics such as hemolysis patterns (alpha, beta, gamma), optochin test, inulin test, and bile solubility test.
The document lists names of individuals from various cities in the United States who were murdered by the capitalist class for organizing workers and fighting for an 8-hour workday, ending child labor, and free speech. It also advertises books and merchandise available from the IWW Literature Department, including titles about incarcerated IWW members, encounters between the IWW and Zapatistas, life as a worker, and histories of the IWW and Haymarket affair. The document ends by listing IWW contacts around the world.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
Meeting Millennials Where They Live--Online. Focus on digital engagement: Mar...Carole Lotito
This document discusses strategies for marketing to millennial audiences through digital channels. Millennials are highly engaged online, sharing information across various platforms. They are receptive to personalized messaging that provides value. The document recommends marketing through email, mobile apps, and social media as these are primary channels for millennial engagement. Tactics like A/B testing and collecting user feedback can help optimize campaigns. The key is understanding millennial behaviors and meeting them in the digital spaces they already inhabit.
Relazione sul progetto promosso da A.P.I.Bi.M.I. Onlus, tramite il Sostegno a Distanza, in Mozambico all'interno del programma sviluppato dal CAM - Consorzio Associazioni con il Mozambico
Presentazione dell'IC di Verdellino al seminario: Pensare Agire Abitare ZingoniaAntonio Todaro
Presentazione dell'intervento dell'Istituto Comprensivo di Verdellino al seminario di studi e formazione organizzato dal Ce.R.Co. nell'ambito del progetto 7PQ EUBORDERSCAPES: PENSARE|AGIRE|ABITARE ZINGONIA.
Bergamo, Venerdì 28 novembre 2014, Sala Conferenze Piazzale S. Agostino, Università degli Studi di Bergamo
Do we need to train teachers and students to care about other living beings?Catina Feresin
This document summarizes an article that argues for teaching animal welfare and respect for other living beings in primary schools. It begins by outlining how human awareness of animal suffering has evolved over time. The authors propose a project to train teachers on animal welfare topics through understanding the long history of human exploitation of animals, becoming aware of current animal suffering, and recognizing similarities between human and animal emotions. They suggest teachers then train students by filtering information and integrating the topic into class discussions to help students respect other species and the planet. The overall goal is to educate young people to feel compassion for animals and see them as individuals rather than objects.
Il ruolo del processo di normalizzazione verso il piano frontoparallelo nella...Catina Feresin
It is well known that the visual system is more sensitive to surfaces which varies in a discontinuous manner, such as a step and is probably less sensitive to surfaces which varies in continuous manner, such as a ramp. This different sensitivity could be the reason for expecting normalization to happen with a ramp but not with a step.
For this reason we carried out an experiment in order to determine if there was a depth normalization effect probably due to the texture of the stimulus used, in fact the random texture was sending a signal of verticality to the visual system. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that there is no normalization to the frontoparallel plane for a step surface.
L'uso di stimoli ecologicamente validi nella percezione visiva di superfici i...Catina Feresin
Visual inclination underestimation is a well known phenomenon in which the inclination of a surface is perceived by the observer as less inclined with respect to the frontoparallel plane. This phenomenon is a common finding, but in spite of many attempts to explain it, it has not yet received a valid interpretation. Our perception of natural inclined surfaces depends on a variety of depth cues, so the claim is that it would be useful to employ more ecological stimuli like hills or urban roads instead of simple and artificial stimuli like figure outlines or random dots pattern.
La normalizzazione dell'inclinazione dell'immagine consecutiva e il ruolo del...Catina Feresin
Most of afterimage spatial characteristics such as width and shape can be referred to an environmental frame of reference. As regards the space orientation of an afterimage, it is still an open question whether such an orientation should be referred to a retinal or to an environmental frame of reference.
The main aim of this work was to study the orientation of a line afterimage It is possible to demonstrate that, when an observer tilts his / her head while projecting an afterimage onto a frontoparallel projection plane, the afterimage normalizes to the environmental horizon. In fact, the amount of the afterimage tilt is statistically smaller than the amount of the head tilt. The results of the present work showed that the difference between the amount of the afterimage tilt and that of the head tilt cannot be explained by static countertorsion which corresponds only to the 10% of the head tilt.
Therefore, a tentative explanation of the results is that the spatial orientation of an afterimage might be referred to an environmental frame of reference rather than to a retinal one.
"Shear" verticali, orizzontali e percezione stereoscopica di superfici inclinateCatina Feresin
The deformation theory claimed by Koenderink and van Doorn (1976) suggests that the amount of deformation between two simultaneous binocular images can be used by the visual system to compute stereoscopic inclination. This theory states that there should be no statistical difference between the perceived inclination of a ramp surface when two stereoscopic images are related by a vertical shear transformation containing vertical disparities, and the perceived inclination of a ramp surface when two stereoscopic images are related by a horizontal shear transformation containing horizontal disparities.
In the present experiment, subjects estimated the perceived inclination of many random dots ramp surfaces, both when the two stereoscopic images were related by a vertical shear transformation, and when the images were related by a horizontal shear transformation. Even if the observers were clearly able to perceive a ramp surface in the presence of a vertical shear transformation, the results of this experiment did not support the deformation theory because the perceived inclinations in the two experimental conditions (vertical and horizontal shear condition) were statistically different.
1. LA SANTÉ EST UN DROIT UNIVERSEL HEALTH IS AN UNIVERSAL RIGHT
La possibilité de recevoir des soins centrés sur la personne, de choisir et de constituer des facteurs protecteurs de la santé et de neutraliser les menaces et les facteurs de risque pour la meilleure qualité de la vie à tous les âges du développement où de l’involution humaine, dans toutes les conditions économiques et sanitaires, est un droit individuel et universel qu’il faut respecter dans toutes les nations. Les décisions de politique sanitaire des États doivent être fondées sur la vérité scientifique et la valeur irréductible de la personne, de la conception à la mort naturelle, et doivent empêcher la production, le commerce, la légalisation des toutes les drogues récréatives et stupéfiantes et le commerce des parties du corps humain et de sa génétique.
The possibility to receive a person centered health care, choosing and constituting life and health protective factors and neutralizing life menaces and risk factors for the best life quality at any age of the human development or involution, in any social and economic condition, at any disease time, is an individual and universal person right to be respected in any Country. The health policies of Governments must be based on scientific truth and the irreducible value of the person since the conception to the natural death and must inhibit the production, trading and legalization of all recreational substances, narcotics and the trading of human body parts and genetic.
The role of the school space in preschoolers's learning processesCatina Feresin
Purpose of the study
The first aim of the present article was to investigate the role of school environment as an important factor in the learning process of children attending preschools in Istria (i.e. a part of Croatia where many people speak Italian).
The school space is also called “Third educator” by famous pedagogues and it is constituted by labs, corridors, materials shape of the building, colours of the walls, quality of the lightings, type of furnishings and all didactic materials. It is a specific environment where the children live, learn, experience, get in touch with other people.
Methodology
The method used in our research was both quantitative as qualitative analyses of pedagogical documentation, observation of the environment of preschools and interviews with the educational boards of every school.
Results
The results showed that the school space is mostly in accordance with the requirements of the current legislation of the Country of Croatia and also confirmed the importance of it as “Third educator”, especially when the educators themselves were able to ameliorate the richness of corners and materials made available for children, encouraging in this way the development of the child's independence, maturation of identity and development of competencies.
Implications
In conclusion, school environment significantly affects child's learning, both because of the influence of architectural structures as because relational contexts and stimuli offered by the environment and by the educators. It means that the Ministry of Education in any Country should pay attention to the way buildings are constructed, especially regarding the richness of corners and materials at disposal of the children and of the educators.
Keywords: child; school environment; preschoolers; learning process
Mood disorders in preschool and primary school childrenCatina Feresin
Abstract
In the last few years a number of researchers have pointed out that the
seriousness of mood disorders among preschool and primary school children is
still underestimated when compared to the seriousness of the same illness
during adolescence and adulthood (Luby, 2009). In spite of that, many pupils are
still not diagnosed and treated. Without any treatment, this illness can lead to
severe psychiatric problems in future adolescents and adults who suffered from
it during their childhood (Carretti et al., 2009; Muratori, 2008; Muratori &
Apicella, 2008).
The objective of this work is threefold: firstly, to describe the principal
symptoms of mood disorders in order to help preschool and primary school
teachers to clearly recognise them; secondly, to describe the treatments which
psychologists and psychiatrists are using nowadays to treat young children
affected by this illness. Finally, as educators, we would like to suggest two
programmes which include a close cooperation between clinicians and teachers
themselves. The former is a three-step prevention programme to be held during
the last two years of primary school, whilst the latter is a programme to be held
during the last two years of preschool. It is understood that educators are not
asked to become clinicians, but they might closely collaborate with clinicians by
supporting children which are coping with mood disorders.
Feresin C. and Howard I. P. (1995) Disparità verticali e movimenti oculari di...Catina Feresin
An old but interesting article written in Italian with Ian Howard. The work is about the role of vertical disparity in the perception of visual inclination.
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Rossana Spazzali*, Sara Bajec**, Catina Feresin***
Da dove nasce il progetto
Le ricerche effettuate negli ultimi anru m
campo psicopedagogico ed i fatti di cronaca rile-
vano l'aumento nelle scuole primarie e medie in-
feriori della dispersione scolastica, dell'aggressività
fra i giovanissimi e della presenza del fenomeno del
bullismo (Balli, 2004). Oltre a questi casi estremi,
esistono, e sono la maggioranza, famiglie serene,
convinte di aver un buon rapporto con i propri
figli, che si trovano di fronte a comportamenti in-
desiderati. Spesso questi genitori affermano di non
riconoscere più il loro figlio/figlia e s'interrogano
sulle cause di tali atteggiamenti. Ancora più fre-
quentemente alcuni genitori si trovano ad affron-
tare problemi quotidiani, come ad esempio, in caso
di figli preadolescenti e adolescenti, l'incertezza sul
comportamento da assumere davanti alle incessanti
richieste d'acquisto del motorino, del computer, del coerente, mentre basterebbe che fossero aiutati a
cellulare, o agli atteggiamenti di distacco e aggres- trovare dentro di sé le risorse che già possiedono
sività nei loro confronti. Come sottolinea Milanese per risolvere tali problematiche.
(1998): "Gli ultimi decenni sono stati testimoni di [interesse nei confronti della famiglia e la
una molteplicità di trasformazioni esviluppi nelcon- conseguente progettazione di percorsi educativi
testo sociale che hanno finito per a favore dei ragazzi e dei loro
incidere in maniera significativa Tra i problemi genitori, nasce quindi come
anche sulrapporto tra mondo degli maggiormente segnalati possibile risposta a bisogni co-
adulti e mondo dell'infanzia, in nella Regione Friuli me quelli appena descritti.
particolareper quanto concerne la Venezia Giulia, al primo Come osserva Paola Mila-
dimensione familiare". Le nuove posto risulta la difficoltà ni, l'educazione familiare è da
generazioni esprimono fin dalla reiazionale con i genitori tempo presente nella realtà italia-
più tenera età, un'insofferenza al rispetto delle re- na. Infatti, vi sono stati numerosi progetti rivolti
gole che l'adulto (genitore o insegnante) vive con ai genitori di bambini che frequentano le scuole
un profondo senso di disagio per la sua incapacità dell'infanzia, primarie e medie inferiori. Tuttavia,
di dar contenimento ai comportamenti indeside- tali progetti non hanno poi avuto un seguito forse
rati e di imporsi con la propria autorevolezza nella perché mirati a prescrivere ricette preconfezionate
relazione educativa. Tutto ciò può provocare nei su come educare i figli. Secondo Milani: "cè biso-
genitori dubbi e perplessità riguardanti la validità gno invece di una nuova prospettiva delfleducazione
dei propri stili educativi e generare delle reazioni familiare che consideri l1
educare neisuoidue originari
educative incoerenti. significati di tirarfuori eguidare" (Milani, 2001).
Talvolta i genitori si rivolgono allo psico- Come sostiene Balli in un suo recente arti-
lago per se stessi e per i loro figli senza che vi colo (Balli, 2004): "sono molte le proposte valide
sia una necessità effettiva dell'intervento "sanita- per aiutare i genitori a rafforzare le loro compe-
rio". Essi si possono anche sentire colpevolizzati tenze epotenzialità di educatori". Per esempio è
per non essere in grado di educare i figli in modo sicuramente utile:
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- lavotare sulla comunicazione verbale e non ver-
bale con i figli;
-potenziare le capacità d'ascolto delle problema-
tiche dei figli;
- favorire il confronto con altri genitori riguardo
ai problemi ed alle tecniche educative utilizzate;
- conoscere in modo approfondito le tappe di
sviluppo cognitivo/emotivo dei figli; ·
- riflettere sui modelli educativi ricevuti e con-
frontarli con quelli ~ttuali;
- riuscire a mettersi nei panni dei figli.
Il "Centro d'Ascolto" per genitori presso il
Comune di Monfalcone
Fra le tipologie di problemi maggiormen-
te segnalate nella Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
dal Centro Studi della linea telefonica gratuita
"Telefono Azzurro", al primo posto risulta la dif-
ficoltà relazionale con i genitori seguita da altre
problematiche familiari. Anche nel contesto so-
ciale monfalconese, così trasformato negli ultimi
quindici anni (sia dai massicci Bussi di immi-
grazione dovuti all'offerta di lavoro nei cantieri
navali, sia al fenomeno dell'abbandono scola-
stico e del bullismo) è necessaria una maggiore
sensibilizzazione della collettività all'attuazione
di progetti volti ad aiutare i genitori, al fine di
sostenere una genitorialità aperta alla comunica-
zione e al dialogo.
Il presente progetto rientra quindi negli in-
terventi che l'Amministrazione del Comune di
Monfalcone mette a punto per il sostegno al-
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la genitorialità e, più in generale, in quelli per
l'integrazione degli immigrati e della sicurezza, in
linea anche con le iniziative degli Istituti Scolasti-
ci mirate a prevenire la dispersione scolastica.
All'interno dunque di un progetto più va-
sto, intitolato Educare alla legalità, il Comune di
Monfalcone ha realizzato anche per l'anno scola-
stico 2005-2006 un "centro d'ascolto" per geni-
tori. Sulla base degli anni precedenti, in cui erano
stati attivati dei "centri d'ascolto" a favore dei ge-
nitori con figli in età prescolare da zero a sei anni,
si è voluto proseguire in quest'attività di sostegno
alla genitorialità, ma rivolgendosi ora alle famiglie
con figli in età preadolescenziale ed adolescenzia-
le, in altre parole nella fascia di età compresa fra
i dieci ed i tredici anni circa (ossia ragazzi/e fre-
quentanti gli ultimi due anni della scuola prima-
ria e il triennio delle medie inferiori).
Nell'elaborare del presente progetto è par-
so necessario fornire una competenza educativa,
ossia la capacità di un agire professionale basato
sulla promozione e sul potenziamento delle ri-
sorse genitoriali, che già la Legge 285/97 aveva
sottolineato. E' noto che il campo sociosanitario
lavora in concomitanza con il campo del sociale,
mentre il sociale e lo scolastico non sono sempre
connessi: scuola e servizi alla persona dovrebbero
incontrarsi creando delle relazioni costruttive.
Come sostengono Milani (2000; 2001;
2002) e Vegetti Finzi (2003) è possibile, infatti,
che alcune situazioni di conflitto abbiano radici
in realtà di solitudine e di carenze educative. A
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queste è possibile rispondere in spazi d ascolto
dove creare una cultura positiva, basata sulle ri-
sorse, sulla salute e sull'educazione.
In quest'ottica, il Centro d'Ascolto attivato
dal Comune di Monfalcone, è un luogo dove i ge-
nitori possono, all'interno del'istituzione scolastica,
condividere esperienze educative. Il Centro è anche
uno "spazio emotivo" per ascoltare ed essere ascol-
tati; è un'occasione per chiedere un eventuale sup-
porto per la rielaborazione delle incomprensioni e
dei conflitti che derivano dall'interazione familiare
e che possono talvolta confluire nel disagio scola-
stico. Inoltre, la funzione dell'ascolto delle persone
e delle loro difficoltà si può tradurre nell'indica-
zione di opportune strade da seguire per trovare
miglior risposta ai bisogni delle famiglie. In molte
occasioni quest'attività d'ascolto dà la possibilità ai
genitori di trovare qualcuno che comprenda il loro
vissuto e si può rivelare molto utile per stempera-
re l'aggressività ed i disturbi nella comunicazione
tra i componenti della famiglia (Milanese, 1999).
Potenziando le risorse genitoriali e garantendo
l ascolto delle problematiche familiari, il Centro si
pone l'obiettivo principale di fornire una preven-
zione del disagio e dell'abbandono scolastico. Di
norma, infatti, è la scuola a segnalare al genitore
o ai Servizi competenti le difficoltà degli alunni: il
Centro vuole fornire alla scuola e agli insegnanti
un aiuto nella prevenzione primaria, potenziando
le risorse degli alunni e dei genitori e creando una
partnership fra il sociale e lo scolastico.
Gli obiettivi del progetto
Gli obiettivi del progetto sono stati i se-
guenti:
l - Fornire ai genitori un luogo d ascolto
in cui poter esprimere le proprie perplessità ri-
guardanti il difficile compito di educatori ed in
cui offrire un occasione di riflessione sul proprio
ruolo educativo.
2 - Fornire alla scuola e agli insegnanti un
supporto al problema del disagio e dell'abban-
dono scolastico, agendo sul potenziamento delle
funzioni educative genitoriali.
3 - Raccogliere dati sul lavoro svolto e valu-
tare i risultati ottenuti. Tale valutazione può di-
ventare strumento oggettivo per la progettazione
d'eventuali iniziative future.
Destinatari
I genitori dei bambini/e e ragazzi/e delle
scuole primarie e medie inferiori del comune di
Monfalcone.
I dati forniti dal Centro Regionale di Docu-
mentazione e Analisi sull'infanzia e l'adolescen-
za della Regione FVG, indicano che nell'anno
2002 nell'ambito di Monfalcone i minori tra 6
e l O anni erano 2517; quelli tra 11 e 13 erano
1297, per un totale di 3814 minori. Di questi
gli iscritti dell'anno scolastico 2002-2003 erano
2616 nelle scuole primarie e 1661 nelle scuole
medie inferiori (CRDA, 2003).
Il comitato tecnico
Poiché l'educazione familiare è un processo
che prevede principalmente competenze pedago-
giche ma anche psicologiche e comunicative, un
pedagogista, uno psicologo, un educatore pro-
fessionale, che hanno avuto numerose esperienze
nel condurre gruppi e facilitare la comunicazio-
ne, sono tra le figure più adatte a svolgere questo
compito. Il comitato tecnico, responsabile della
progettazione, della stesura, della conduzione e
della gestione dell'intero progetto, è composto
da figure esperte in campo educativo che trova-
no nel quotidiano, nel normale, nell'assenza di
malattia il focus del proprio lavoro (Balli, 2004).
Il percorso di lavoro
Lattività programmata dal gruppo tecnico
si è sviluppata in cinque fasi:
l - E' stata individuata una sede all'interno di
un asilo nido del Comune di Monfalcone dove
svolgere i colloqui settimanali con i genitori, in
orari pomeridiani extrascolastici, della durata di
tre ore (dalle 16,30 alle 18,30).
2- E' stata promossa un'attività d'informazione
capillare nelle scuole primarie e nelle medie infe-
riori del Comune di Monfalcone per presentare
all'Istituzione Scolastica e alla comunità territo-
riale il Progetto "Centro d'Ascolto". Quest'attivi-
tà d'informazione è stata svolta tramite l'utilizzo
della stampa locale, la distribuzione di brochure,
ma, soprattutto, promuovendo nelle scuole degli
incontri fra educatori, genitori ed insegnanti con
la finalità di comprendere le specifiche esigenze
dei singoli istituti scolastici.
3 - Sono state organizzate delle attività di collo-
quio settimanali con finalità prettamente educa-
tive e non psicologico/psicoterapeutiche per da-
re ascolto ai genitori riguardo alle problematiche
relative al rapporto genitori-figli e la prevenzione
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