Donatella Rita PetrettoAssociate Professor
Clinical Psychology
University of Cagliari
Italy
Biography
Donatella Rita Petretto is a psychologist, neuropsychologist. Since 2005, Researcher in Clinical Psychology in the Department of Pedagogy, Psychology and Philosophy of the University of Cagliari. Since 2010, Assistant professor in Neuropsychopatology. Since 2017, qualification for Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology (ASN, Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research). Since 2010, Rector's delegate on Disability and Inclusion's issues of the University of Cagliari. She coordinates initiatives on disability, learning disorders and other Educational needs in the University of Cagliari. She is the Principal Investigator of various research projects on ageing, disability fields, on Special Educational Needs, on neuropsychological profiles of learning disorders, on the assessing of intelligence and the History of intelligence assessment, and on psychoeducational treatment for people with Schizophrenia and other psychosis. Authors of international papers on these topics and co-author of four books (in Italian language).
Research Interest
Disability, learning disorders, neuropsychological profiles of learning disorders, psychoeducational treatment