Youth fragility and schools: action by the Psychology Operational Unit in Trentino

Abstract

The paper describes the actions conducted by the Psychology Operational Unit in Trentino in favour of students showing developmental fragilities that interfere with their school studies although not resulting in certification. Reference is made to the situations in which the child finds it hard to regulate his/her emotions and behaviour, to the cognitive fragilities, and to the cultural or social disadvantages that hinder their processes of socialisation, learning and community participation and therefore require network action. A presentation is made of data regarding the activities of the Psychology O.U. for schools, of the methods of cooperation between the school and the services, and of several cases of integration work among different services.