MANAGING PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS IN STUDENTS. THE ROLE OF THE SOCIAL WORKER IN IDENTIFYING FAMILY RISK FACTORS

Abstract

the question: why use qualitative family research? Tthe authors
mention only a few benefits of these studies, namely, exploring
meanings, capturing relational processes. The study aims to
highlight the importance of the complexity of the social worker's
activity and the need to integrate psychological knowledge into
professional practice, in order to improve the quality of social
intervention. A case of psychosomatic disorder, selected through
intentional qualitative sampling, very faithfully reflects a reality
frequently encountered in school, namely that the school
environment takes on the problems of the family and societal
system through its students. The exploration of family relational
processes, possible by integrating elements of family and child
psychology, once again emphasizes the impact of the family
environment on the child. The importance of providing the
presence of social workers in schools, challenged to respond as
documented, attentive and professional as possible to
increasingly complex realities, is discussed.