Adjunct Professor since 2022 at the University of Bologna. She has focused her interests and studies on developmental psychology, particularly on nonverbal language and orientation issues, having gained extensive experience working with children in the Child Neuropsychiatry Unit and in the design and implementation of educational, expressive, and orientation activities.
Education
University of Bologna – Faculty of Arts and Philosophy – Department of Arts, Music, and Entertainment. Degree in Arts, Music, and Entertainment. Major in Music. Qualified to teach Music Education.
Postgraduate specialization in the Application of Music Therapy to patients with psychiatric disorders. Catholic University of the Sacred Heart – Faculty of Medicine and Surgery – Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology
University of Bologna, Cesena Campus – Faculty of Psychology. Degree in Behavioral and Social Sciences.
Teaching Activities
Contract Professor at the University of Bologna in the "Languages and Nonverbal Communication Techniques" Laboratory for primary school, Training Course for Support Activities.
Also within the Specialization Courses for Support Activities, he teaches in the following laboratories:
• "Languages and Nonverbal Communication Techniques" for primary and lower secondary schools at the University of Parma;
• "Languages and Nonverbal Communication Techniques" for preschool (fifth cycle only), primary school, lower secondary school, and upper secondary school at the University of Ferrara;
• "Psycho-educational and didactic interventions for relational disorders" at the University of Teramo;
• "Orientation and Life Project" for lower secondary school at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia;
• "Orientation and Life Planning and Life Planning and Work-School Alternation" (middle and upper secondary schools) at the University of L'Aquila.
At the "Girolamo Frescobaldi" State Conservatory of Music in Ferrara, she taught "Fundamentals of Developmental Psychology" and "Musical Psychology." From 2013 to 2022, she taught the following subjects in the Experimental Two-Year Second Level Specialization Program in Music Therapy: "Applied Music Therapy," "Teamwork," "Music Therapy Listening (Psychology of Music Perception and Music Therapy)," "Music Therapy Internship 1st and 2nd Academic Year," "Music Therapy Workshop - Self-Work," and "Tutoring - Analysis of Experiences." During the same two-year program, she supervised and tutored trainee students.
Since 1990, she has worked at the Center for Studies and Analysis of Applied Psychology, designing educational and guidance-training interventions for people with disabilities, frailties, and vulnerabilities, and in expressive workshops.
Scientific Activities
She has participated in numerous national and international research programs, including: the Research Project on Best Guidance Practices for the Educational Success of People with Disabilities, funded by the Province of Bologna School Service, and the Research Project on Alan Fogel's historical relational approach used for the analysis and evaluation of interactions in music therapy, in collaboration with the University of Bologna, Department of Psychology.
