The purpose of the study is to examine how social workers and psychologists work with adolescents who have autism spectrum disorders and suffer from mental illness. This includes examining what working methods social workers and psychologists work with and partly understanding what they consider to be the reason why adolescents with autism spectrum disorders experience anxiety and depression. The study's empirical material was collected through three semi-structured interviews with social workers and psychologists, then analyzed with previous research and theoretical perspectives and literature. A social worker and two psychologists, one of whom is from child and adolescent psychiatry and the other two are from habilitation. The study's theoretical frame of reference consists of three interconnected theories that social workers and psychologists can work with. The first is theory of mind, the second is central coherence and the third is executive functions. The result shows that social workers and psychologists identify information about adolescents with autism spectrum disorders who suffer from mental illness. It also emerges that BUP works with the treatment and medication of mental illness while the habilitation works with autism spectrum disorders and adolescents' behavioral problems by providing support efforts. In summary, the study's findings show that autism spectrum disorders are strongly related to mental illness. The study can conclude that the result has a good connection to previous research and theoretical perspectives. / Syftet med studien är att studera hur socialarbetare och psykologer arbetar med ungdomar som har autismspektrumtillstånd och lider av psykisk ohälsa. Med detta innefattas att dels undersöka vilka arbetsmetoder socialarbetare och psykologer arbetar med dels förstå vad de anser vara orsaken till att ungdomar med autismspektrumtillstånd upplever ångest och depression. Studiens empiriska material har samlats in genom tre semistrukturerade intervjuer med socialarbetare och psykologer, därefter analyserats med tidigare forskning och teoretiska perspektiv samt litteratur. En socialarbetare och två psykologer varav den ena är från barnoch ungdomspsykiatrin och de två andra är från habiliteringen. Studiens teoretiska referensram består av tre sammankopplade teorier som socialarbetare och psykologer kan arbeta med. Den första är theory of mind, den andra är central koherens och den tredje är exekutiva funktioner. I resultatet framkommer det att socialarbetare och psykologer identifierar information om ungdomar med autismspektrumtillstånd som lider av psykisk ohälsa. Det framkommer även att BUP arbetar med behandling och medicinering av psykisk ohälsa medan habiliteringen arbetar med autismspektrumtillstånd och ungdomars beteendeproblematik genom att ge stödinsatser. Sammanfattningsvis visar studiens resultat att autismspektrumtillstånd är starkt relaterat till psykisk ohälsa. Studien kan dra slutsatsen av att resultatet har en god koppling till tidigare forskning och teoretiska perspektiv.

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka psykologers och legitimerade psykoterapeuters erfarenhet av att arbeta med dans- och rörelseterapi. Data samlades in genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med fyra legitimerade psykoterapeuter och en psykolog, varav samtliga var utbildade dansterapeuter. Data analyserades därmed med tematisk analys. Resultaten sammanfattades i två huvudteman; terapeuters användning av DMT & sig själva samt hjälpsamt & icke hjälpsamt med DMT. Studien bidrar med information om förmånliga sätt att använda DMT på, för- och nackdelar med metoden samt den etiska aspekten av användandet av DMT som psykolog och legitimerad psykoterapeut då det är en icke-evidensbaserad metod. / The purpose of this study was to examine psychologists and licensed psychotherapists’ experience of working with dance- and movement therapy. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with four licensed psychotherapists and one psychologist, all of whom were trained dance- and movement therapists. Data was thus analyzed with thematic analysis. The results were summarized in two main themes; therapists’ use of DMT & themselves as well as helpful & not helpful with DMT. This was further discussed based on strengths and weaknesses with the method as well as the ethical aspect with the practice of it. The study provides information on beneficial ways to use DMT, the pros and cons of the method and the ethical aspect of using DMT as a psychologist and licensed psychotherapist as it is a non-evidence-based method.

Cette recherche apporte un éclairage sur la dynamique identitaire des équipes pluridisciplinaires à travers une analyse qualitative se penchant sur un certain nombre de variables identitaires. Partant d’une hypothèse générale posant l’idée selon laquelle les sujets appartenant à une équipe pluridisciplinaire perçoivent leurs coéquipiers uniquement en termes d’endogroupe/exogroupe, cette recherche a eu pour objectif de comprendre comment ce « séparatisme », désigné ainsi par Berry (1984) s’exprime-t-il à travers un certain nombre de variables identitaires. <p>La première étude a permis de dégager le niveau d’intégration des psychologues au sein de leur équipe de travail en interpellant les variables de socialisation professionnelle et de comparaison sociale. <p>En interrogeant la dimension évaluative de la notion de compétence, la notion de représentation de soi professionnelle a été sollicitée dans la mesure où celle-ci ne peut être appréhendée qu’à partir de la relation dans le groupe social où le sujet vit et agit (Costalat-Founeau, 1997). En s’inscrivant fidèlement dans la dialectique opposant le soi au groupe, l’objectif de cette recherche a été de savoir si dans un contexte pluridisciplinaire, l’identité professionnelle pour soi est rendue plus saillante par rapport à l’identité professionnelle pour autrui.<p>En interpellant le processus d’auto-catégorisation, la troisième étude a eu pour ambition une meilleure compréhension de l’impact de la pluridisciplinarité sur les processus identitaires. Elle pose l’hypothèse selon laquelle, le niveau d’auto-catégorisation subordonné, rendu saillant dans un contexte de pluridisciplinarité se manifeste à travers une auto-catégorisation tenant compte de la diversité professionnelle et non du contenu objectif de cette catégorisation sociale portée sur soi.<p>Les trois études ont permis d’observer la difficulté pour les membres d’une équipe pluridisciplinaire à effectuer le passage entre une identité professionnelle pour soi, préalablement construite vers une identité professionnelle pour autrui nécessaire à l'immersion optimale dans l’équipe.<p> / Doctorat en Sciences politiques et sociales / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

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With the ever-increasing diversity among students in the United States, American schools are seeing more of a mismatch between school personnel and students. Service provision has traditionally addressed multicultural competencies in the area of assessment and more recently in counseling procedures. With the increased attention given to school-related crises, the role of school psychologists has expanded to include crisis intervention. The current study will present information on the need for multicultural competencies in crisis intervention and assess the current concerns of nationally certified school psychologists in this area of service provision. Responses from a random sample of school psychologists (n= 276, 81% return rate) indicated that almost half expressed a need for increased understanding of cultural issues when providing crisis intervention. However, the other half of participants reported having no concerns regarding multicultural issues in crisis provision, possibly reflecting a lack of awareness and sensitivity. Helpful resources are provided to assist practitioners in becoming more culturally competent in the area of crisis intervention.

Socio-culturally diverse students with disabilities are underrepresented in gifted and talented programs. This study investigated the differences in educators' referral and placement decisions based on a students' disability label, socio-economic status (SES), and ethnicity. Two hundred and eighty five educators' (classroom teachers, school counselors, school psychologists, and school social workers) across a Florida school district participated in the study. Educators' were randomly assigned to treatment and control case vignettes that described a student with emotional/behavioral disabled (EBD) and gifted characteristics. Treatment case vignettes explicitly stated the students' disability label, socio-economic status, and ethnicity. Control case vignettes described of the student examined and did not mention the disability label, ethnicity, or socio-economic status of the student. After reading the case vignette, participants responded to a two-item questionnaire that explained their referral and placement decisions of the student described in the vignette. Participants responses to the two item questionnaire were indicated by selecting one of six choices: strongly agree, slightly agree, agree, disagree, slightly disagree, and strongly disagree. Reponses were the dependent variables being measured. A three-way factorial Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to measure the differences in educators' referral and placement decisions based on a student's disability label, socio-economic status, and ethnicity. Results indicate educators' awareness of a students' disability label, socio-economic status, and ethnicity influence referral decisions. Implications are discussed and recommendations for future research are made.

The aim of this study is to investigate personal characteristics of young people of college age participating in the volunteer movement. The study is based on the following hypothesis: at student volunteers expressed personal characteristics such as empathy, values and altruism. The author developed a model of psychological characteristics, important for effective work of students-volunteers, which is based on professionally valuable qualities of helping professionals. The model was complemented on the basis of the results of empirical research and includes a range personal qualities (altruism, empathy, discipline, kindness and security), theoretical knowledge in psychology, medicine and law as well as practical skills (ability to take responsibility, ability to listen and to hear, ability to give first aid and provide psychological support). / Целью данной работы является исследование личностных особенностей молодых людей студенческого возраста, принимающих участие в волонтерском движении. В основу исследования легла следующая гипотеза: у студентов-добровольцев выражены такие личностные характеристики, как эмпатия, ценностные ориентации и альтруизм. Разработана модель психологических характеристик, важных для эффективной деятельности студентов-волонтеров, в основу которой положены профессионально значимые качества специалистов помогающих профессий. Модель дополнена с учетом результатов собственного эмпирического исследования и включает в себя блоки личностных качеств (альтруизм, эмпатию, дисциплинированность, доброту и безопасность), теоретических знаний по психологии, медицине, юриспруденции и практических навыков (умение взять на себя ответственность, умение слушать и слышать, умение оказывать первую помощь и психологическую поддержку).

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