Psychological assessment

use of the book in investigating socio-emotional aspects

Abstract

The Psychological Assessment of Children (PAC) is a pro­cess that demands adequacy to its public. The purpose of this article is to contribute to the assessor’s task, presenting a tutorial on the use of the book “Ernesto”, by Blandina Franco and José Carlos Lollo (2016), as a complementary source in this process. Children’s literature is a playful resource that enables access to the experiential world through the gathering of subjective and objective data, such as socio­emotional, cognitive and behavioral aspects. To present this proposal, it starts from a brief review about PAC, progressing to the socio­emotional construct. Next, the tutorial focuses on the literary text, suggesting pre-reading, reading itself and post­reading procedures, stem from definition categories, exploration and identification of verbal and non­verbal textual elements of the work. At last, it highlights the relevance of the investigation of PAC procedures concerning children’s subjective necessities.