Rivista di Psicologia dell'Emergenza e dell'Assistenza Umanitaria (Dec 2020)
Emergenza rientro a scuola. Un’esperienza all’interno della scuola elementare di Cagliari “Giovanni Lilliu”: l’equipe psicopedagogica accompagna bambini insegnanti e famiglie nella ripresa della nuova “normalità” di vita quotidiana (prima parte)
Abstract
In this article, the authors aim at describing the field experience relating to the psycho-pedagogical support activity of the Iscol@ Project funded by the Sardinian Regional Govern-ment. Specifically, they illustrate the methodology and the operating mode used in working with children, teachers and families, following an integrated psychoeducational model which helps establish normal life during the ongoing community emergency. They also propose to describe need analysis within the school environment, which must be integrated with the analysis of the needs of families. This first aspect is a fundamental element for planning the intervention, an essential tool for promoting effective teamwork that allows all the people involved, adults and children, to enhance their resources within their own life context. The authors are inspired by the most recent theories on brain development, on the brain that learns and on well-being understood as a lived experience of pleasure that conveys all learn-ing. These theoretical assumptions were implemented in operational actions at school. They describe the different organizational and operational phases of the service offered, the role of the psycho-pedagogical team and the effectiveness of teamwork with children, teachers, and families. With practical experiences and intervention models, they show how it is possi-ble to build and implement adequate support for teachers, pupils, and parents especially in these times of “forced distancing”. Even more so in this period of difficulty and uncertainty, the psycho-pedagogical team represents a resource for the school and an element of unity within the class to help face distancing and separation quietly.
