METODI E TECNICHE DELLA RIABILITAZIONE PSICHIATRICA ED ESPRESSIONE CORPOREA II

Module TECNICHE DI RIABILITAZIONE TEATRALE

The expected learning outcomes are those defined according to the Dublin Descriptors for the degree program in Psychiatric Rehabilitation Techniques (TeRP).

Knowledge and Understanding

· Acquisition of fundamental knowledge in the psychiatric, psychological, social, and therapeutic-rehabilitative fields (psychopathology, symptomatology of the main clinical psychiatric conditions, objectives of therapeutic-rehabilitative interventions, operational models in various healthcare facilities)

· Acquisition of knowledge relating to the history, theoretical foundations, evolution, and application of the various rehabilitation techniques of body expression, art therapy, and drama therapy.

· Acquisition of knowledge relating to networking and multidisciplinary teamwork.

Applying knowledge and understanding

· Acquisition of the ability to transfer theoretical knowledge into strategic intervention choices in the clinical rehabilitation field (therapeutic-rehabilitative interventions) and into interventions appropriately targeted to other users (psychoeducational interventions for patients' families, social and/or educational interventions aimed at strengthening appropriate and functional social behaviors, social or work-related training groups).

· Acquisition of the ability to identify and describe pathological processes and the treatment opportunities or needs of the issues being treated, appropriately correlating them to the specificity of their context.

· Acquisition of the ability to work within a multidisciplinary team, respecting their roles, recognizing their dynamics, and contributing to the planning of the overall rehabilitation intervention through prioritization and appropriate use of resources.

Making judgments

· Acquisition of the ability to manage rehabilitation programs.

· Acquisition or implementation of the ability to independently assess the clinical context (clinical decision-making process), responding to the rehabilitation needs of individuals and the community, while contextualizing them.

· Implementing the ability to self-criticize to resolve difficulties and reach the most appropriate clinical decisions within the rehabilitation and treatment process.

Communication skills

· Ability to relate and communicate effectively and appropriately with patients and family members, in order to strengthen the therapeutic alliance.

· Ability to interact and communicate positively and effectively within the multidisciplinary team.

Learning skills

· Ability to actively and independently seek new scientific evidence and maintain ongoing professional developments in psychopathology and therapy, including those related to the objectives of this course (therapeutic-rehabilitative activities through theatrical rehabilitation techniques, emerging experiences and models of drama therapy).

Lectures, supported by slides and videos.
There will be plenty of opportunity for classroom interaction and group discussion on the topics covered.
Given the lack of specific texts that would cover all the syllabus topics in a single volume, attendance at all classes is strongly recommended.

In addition to the usefulness of prior personal acquisition of knowledge related to the subject ("cultural" propaedeutics) by the student, basic notions of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, the symptomatic aspects of the main psychiatric pathologies (thought and perception disorders, mood disorders, personality disorders, etc.), the therapeutic relationship in psychiatry, and the training of the operator are important.

Attendance is mandatory for at least 70% of the scheduled hours. This requirement is essential for taking the final exam.

1. Notes on rehabilitation in psychiatry (mental disability, chronicity, and treatment)
2. Notes on the symptomatology of the main psychiatric disorders (neurosis, psychosis, personality disorders).
3. Play and ludus: individual and collective aspects in the various stages of life.
4. The Rite: types and phases.
5. The history of theater, from classical Greek and Latin theater to modern drama therapy. Catharsis, healing, and change.
6. The actor, the character, and the person.
7. The mask and the role.
8. The Stanislavsky method.
9. The therapeutic function of theater and theatrical techniques.
10. The stage and dramatization as a relational space.
11. Paralinguistic aspects in theatrical language (the body, the voice, tone, gaze, face).
12. Creative Theater.
13. J. Grotowski's Theater Workshop.
14. Creativity and Art Therapy.
15. J. L. Moreno's Psychodrama.
16. Moreno's Sociometry and Sociodrama.
17. J. Fox's Playback Theatre.
18. Drama Therapy (Remedial Theatre, Role Method).
19. Other theatre methodologies for therapeutic, social, and educational purposes (Theatre of the Oppressed, Social Theatre, Affect Theatre, etc.).

Assessment is conducted through an oral exam, with grades assigned on a scale of 30 (passing grades range from 18/30 to 30/30 with honors), designed to assess the students' individual level of preparation. The evaluation takes into account the relevance of the answers to the questions asked, the quality of the content, the ability to connect the topics covered in the program, the ability to provide examples, the student's command of technical language, and overall expressive ability.

Learning assessments may also be conducted electronically, should unforeseen circumstances require it.

Theatre Rehabilitation Techniques is one of the three modules of Methods and Techniques of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Body Expression II. Therefore, the final exam for all three subjects is administered on the same exam date for which the student must register. 

It is also mandatory to have attended at least 70% of the class hours scheduled in the teaching calendar for this course.

The final grade will be the average of the individual grades obtained in each of the three subjects. 

“The Concept of Catharsis: From Classical Theater to Modern Dramatherapy”

“Creativity and Spontaneity in Moreno’s Theories”

“Ritual in History and in Individual Life”

“Grotowski’s Theater Workshop”

“The Therapeutic Function of Theater”