The implications of a transdiagnistic perspective. To devise and guise interventions

Journal title RICERCHE DI PSICOLOGIA
Author/s Margherita Orsolini, Francesca Federico, Michela Capobianco, Sergio Melogno
Publishing Year 2023 Issue 2022/4 Language Italian
Pages 10 P. 159-168 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/rip2022oa15371
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We explore the transdiagnostic approach (TA), focusing on its innovative suggestions for research on the intervention’s effects and the clinical practice of selecting priorities for intervention. We argue that TA involves a systemic perspective by investigating the relationships between different developmental dimensions and focusing on stimulating a specific cognitive dimension (e.g., executive functioning) with various tasks and in more than one domain. We conclude that, to orient an intervention, practitioners should select the developmental dimensions to enhance to support the learning processes that facilitate the development of complex abilities. They should also identify the contexts to enrich to promote a child’s active involvement in the experience.

Keywords: ; Transdiagnostic approach; Atypical cognitive development; Intervention’s effects; Guidelines for intervention

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Margherita Orsolini, Francesca Federico, Michela Capobianco, Sergio Melogno, Le implicazioni di una prospettiva transdiagnostica. Per orientare e impostare gli interventi in "RICERCHE DI PSICOLOGIA" 4/2022, pp 159-168, DOI: 10.3280/rip2022oa15371