Patrizia Villotti CV Work and Organizational Psychologist - She has worked in the last years applying psychosocial protocols in the context of social enterprises in order to examine the factors that help people with mental disorders obtain and maintain employment. At the same time, she has gained clinical skills in the early assessment, detection and treatment of infants with special needs. She has worked both at a clinical and research level, and her work has produced international publications and collaborations. Personal data Name and surname: Patrizia Villotti Place and date of birth: Trento (Italy), April 20, 1982 Email address: p.villotti@gmail.com Tel. +39 0464 808136 Fax. +39 0464 808102 Current position April 2012 current: Post-doc fellow, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento (Italy). Research topic: Social disadvantage, stigma and discrimination: work as an instrument of social inclusion and well-being. Advisor: Prof. Franco Fraccaroli Fellowship August 2013: Visiting post-doc at the Psychosocial Research Centre Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne (Prof. M. Corbière, Prof. C. Harvey, Prof. E. Fossey). April 2012-October 2012: Post-doctoral fellowship at Université de Sherbrooke, Centre for Action in Work Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation - CAPRIT, Québec, Canada. Research topic: Addressing issues related to the work integration of mentally ill workers: workplace accommodations and stigma as areas requiring further research. Advisor: Prof. M. Corbière April 2010-October 2010: Visiting PhD student at Université de Sherbrooke, Centre for Action in Work Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation - CAPRIT, Québec, Canada. Research topic: Work integration of people with severe mental illness in social enterprises. Advisor: Prof. M. Corbière Education and Training 2009-2011. Ph.D in Psychological Sciences and Education, University of Trento, Italy. Thesis: Work integration of people with severe mental illness in social enterprises (M-PSI06). Advisor: Prof. Franco Fraccaroli 2010-2012. Student of the 3 years long program Work Disability Prevention, CIHR Training Program, Dalla Lana School of Public Mental Health, Univerity of Toronto, Canada 2009. Specialization course on Analyzing Social Interaction, methodological workshop held at the Second University of Naples (Prof. R: Bakeman and V. Quèra) 2008. Training and reliability certificate for the use of Emotional Availability Scales (EAS) training at University of Chieti, Italy (prof. Z. Biringen)
2008. Specialization course on Forensic Psychology and Psychopathology, held by the Associazione Italiana di Psicologia Giurdica, Roma (prof. P. Capri) 2006-2007. Post-degree apprenticeship on Clinical Psychology at the Observational and Functional Diagnosis Lab, University of Trento, Italy. Advisor: Prof. Paola Venuti 2006. Master s Degree in Psychology (major: Developmental Psychology and Communication), Catholic University of Milan, Italy. Advisor: Prof. Avv. Stefania Crema. Research interests Keywords: Work integration of people with mental disabilities, Stigma and discrimination, Workplace Accommodations, Parent-infant relationship. Main research interests: Factors associated with work integration of people with mental disabilities in social enterprises; Stigmatizing attitudes toward people with mental disabilities; Implementation of work accommodations in the working environment; Observational coding systems of caregiver-child interaction, especially in Forensic Psychology field. Clinical research: Observational methods for analyzing home videos of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Diagnosis; Parent- infant training with children with typical and atypical development. Professional and Academic Experiences Teaching activities 2012-current: Supervisory experiences (four students, master program in Psychology, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Italy) 2011-current: Contract Professor for the course Psychosocial rehabilitation and integration to work for disabled persons (21 hours), master program in Psychology, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Italy 2008-2009: Teaching Assistant for the course Individuals and groups, University of Trento Clinical experiences 2008-current. Clinical consultant for the psychological evaluation of caregiver-child interaction at the Observational and Functional Diagnosis Lab, University of Trento, Italy. 2007-2010. Clinical consultant for the diagnosis and treatment activities with children with typical and atypical development at the Observational and Functional Diagnosis Lab, University of Trento, Italy. 2007. Certified Clinical Psychologist, Italian Association of Psychology. Awards and Grant 2012. Award for the best PhD Dissertation of the year in the field of Work and Organizational Psychology. Italian Psychology Association. Title of the Project: Work integration of people with severe mental illness in social enterprises. 2012. Grant from the Municipality of Rovereto (TN). Title of the Project: Svantaggio sociale, stigma e discriminazione: il lavoro come strumento di inclusione sociale e benessere.
2010-2012. Grant from the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) for the Work Disability Prevention Training Program at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada. 2008-2011. Research project coordinated by University of Trento. Title: Work integration of people with severe mental disabilities in social enterprises (F. Fraccaroli). 2009. Award fot the best poster at the International Margareth S. Mahler Symposium New perspecive in Mahler s Separation-Individuation Theory: Neuropsychological views and Developmental Psychopathology. Title: Global affective quality and discrete synchronous behaviours. Publications Published refereed Journal articles Villotti P, Balducci C, Zaniboni S, Corbière M, Fraccaroli F (2013). An analysis of work engagement among workers with mental disorders recently integrated to work. Journal of Career Assessment published online DOI: 10.1177/1069072713487500 Villotti P, Corbière M, Zaniboni S, Fraccaroli F (2012). Individual and environmental factors related to job satisfaction in people with severe mental illness employed in social enterprises. WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, & Rehabilitation, special issue on Partnerships in Work in Mental Health, 43(1):33-41. Corbière M, Samson E, Villotti P, Pelletier JF (2012). Strategies to fight stigma toward people with mental disorders: Perspectives from different stakeholders. The Scientific World Journal, special issue on Mental Health, Recovery, and the Community. Article ID 516358, doi:10.1100/2012/516358 Zaniboni S, Fraccaroli F, Villotti P, Corbière M (2011). Working plans of people with mental disorders employed in Italian Social Enterprises. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 35(1):55-58. In press Journal articles Corbière M, Villotti P, Lecomte T, Bond G, Lesage A, Goldner E (in press). Work accommodations and natural supports for helping people with severe mental disorders in supported employment programs maintain their employment. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. Published Book Chapters Villotti P, Bentenuto A, Venuti P (2013). Le Emotional Availability Scales. Book chapter in A. Simonelli (Ed.) Manuale di psicopatologia della genitorialità. Cortina. Bentenuto A, Villotti P, de Falco S, Venuti P (2011). La sincronia e la disponibilità emotiva nell interazione madre-bambino con disturbo dello spettro autistico. Book chapter in S. Bonichini, U. Moscardino (Eds). Sviluppo e salute del bambino: fattori individuali, sociali e culturali: In memoria di Vanna Axia. Padova, Cleup, 200-210. Venuti P, Villotti P (2010). Il gioco come strumento di valutazione dello sviluppo cognitivo e affettivo. Book chapter in S. Bonichini, U. Moscardino (Eds). La valutazione psicologica del bambino. Roma: Carocci Editore, 129-143.
Villotti P, Venuti P (2010). I disturbi emotivo relazionali. Book chapter in Venuti P (Ed), L intervento in rete per i Bisogni Educativi Speciali. Erikson, Trento. Venuti P, Villotti P (2008). La ricerca epidemiologica in Vallalagarina. Book chapter in Campolongo F (Ed). La testa altrove: Indagine sul Disturbo da Deficit di Attenzione e Iperattività ADHD-Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder. Trento: Provincia Autonoma di Trento, IPRASE del Trentino, 205-207. Published Abstracts-Refereed Conference Proceedings Villotti P, Zaniboni S, Fraccaroli F. Accomodamenti lavorativi per favorire il successo lavorativo di persone con schizofrenia. AIP XII Congresso Nazionale della Sezione Psicologia per le Organizzazioni, Padova, 25-27 settembre 2013. Villotti P, Zaniboni S, Corbière M, Fraccaroli F. People with mental disorders and job tenure: the approach of social enterprises in Italy. 23rd Annual TheMHS Conference 20-23 August 2013, Melbourne, Australia. Corbière M, Villotti P, Lecomte T. Job tenure of people with severe mental disorders registered in supported employment programs: The role of work accommodations. 23rd Annual TheMHS Conference 20-23 August 2013, Melbourne, Australia. Villotti P, Corbière M, Zaniboni S, Fraccaroli F. Promoting the social inclusion of people with mental disorders: the role of social enteprises. EAWOP Congress 22-25 May 2013, Munster, Germany (Interactive poster). Villotti P. People with a severe mental illness and job retention: the role of social enterprise in Italy. 11 th World Congress, World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Milan, Italy, 10-13 November 2012. Fraccaroli F, Villotti P. The social co-operatives approach for the work integration of people with mental disorders in Italy. XVI Colloque de l AQRP, Le CoLLoque de L AqRP, Le Rendezvous PAR excellence en santé mentale Au québec, 31 october 2 November 2012. Fraccaroli F, Villotti P, Balducci C, Zaniboni S, Corbière M. Validation and utility of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9) in people with mental disorders. XXX International Congress of Psychology, Cape Town, Africa 22-27 july 2012. Villotti P, Zaniboni S, Corbière M, Fraccaroli F. Increasing social integration, decreasing stigma: the work integration model of social enterprises. 5 th International Stigma Conference: Together against stigma, changing how we see mental illness. Ottawa, Canada, 4-6 june 2012. Corbière M, Samson E, Villotti P, Pelletier J-F. Toward people with mental disorders: perspectives from different stakeholders. 5 th International Stigma Conference: Together against stigma, changing how we see mental illness. Ottawa, Canada, 4-6 june 2012. Villotti P, Zaniboni S, Fraccaroli F. Accomodamenti lavorativi per persone con disabilità psichica impiegati in cooperative sociali. Congresso AIP Psicologia del Lavoro e delle Organizzazioni. Milano, 13-14 october 2011. Villotti P, Corbière M, Zaniboni S, Fraccaroli F. Evaluating the motivation to get and sustain employment in people with severe mental illness. 15th European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology. Maastricht-Netherlands, 25-28 may 2011.
Villotti P, Venuti P, Fraccaroli F. Il lavoro per le persone con disagio psichico. Educa: Educare nell incertezza. Rovereto, 24 settembre 2011. Venuti P, Bentenuto A, Villotti P. La disponibilità emotiva madre-bambino con disturbo dello spettro autistico. Congresso AIP sezione Clinica e Dinamica. Catania, 16-18 september 2011. Venuti P, de Falco S, Esposito G, Zanella N, Villotti P, Bornstein MH. Mean Length of Utterance (MLU) in Children Aged 4 to 9 Years: A Cross-Sectional Study. SRCD (Society for Research in Child Development) Biennal Meeting. Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 31 March 2 April 2011 (poster). Bentenuto A, Villotti P, de Falco S. Sincronia e Disponibilità Emotiva come strumenti per la valutazione dell interazione madre-bambino con sviluppo atipico. V Convegno AISMI. Napoli, 21-22 maggio 2010 (poster). Fraccaroli F, Zaniboni S, Villotti P. The motivation to keep working of people with mental disorders employed in Social Enterprises. 27th International Congress of Applied Psychologists. Melbourne-Australia, 11-16 july 2010. Venuti P, Villotti P, de Falco S, Esposito G, Bentenuto A. Global affective quality and discrete synchronous behaviours in the interaction of mothers and children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. IRIA2009, International Conference on Innovative Research In Autism. Tours, France, 15-17 april 2009. Villotti P, Bentenuto A, de Falco S. La sincronia e la disponibilità emotiva nell interazione madrebambino con Disturbo dello Spettro Autistico. Congresso AIP sezione Clinica-Dinamica. Padova, 12-14 september 2008. de Falco S, Venuti P, Esposito G, Villotti P, Bentenuto A. Disponibilità emotiva diadica in coppie genitore-bambino con sindrome di down e con disturbo dello spettro artistico. Congresso AIP Sezione Sviluppo. Padova, 20-22 september 2008. Coppola A, Villotti P, Bentenuto A, de Falco S. Global affective quality and discrete synchronous behaviours in the interaction of mothers and children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (Best Poster). International Margareth S. Mahler Symposium New perspecive in Mahler s Separation-Individuation Theory: Neuropsychological views and Developmental Psychopathology, Padua, Italy, 21 may 2008. Venuti P, de Falco S, Esposito G, Bentenuto A, Villotti P, Bornstein MH. Global affective quality and discrete synchronous behaviours in the interaction of mothers and children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. 7 Annual International Meeting For Autism Research (IMFAR), London, UK, 15-17 may 2008. Coco C, Villotti P, La Femina F. Introduzione di nuovi strumenti psicologici nel Servizio di Consulenza Psicologica dell Università di Trento. Trento, 7 dicembre 2007, in Atti del convegno, 96-105. Invited Workshop Presentations Fraccaroli F, Villotti P. The social co-operatives approach for the work integration of people with mental disorders in Italy. Workshop Practiques d insertion professionnelle Partage d expériences internationals une voie de Rétablissement pour les personnes handicapées psychiques Recherche Développement 2012-2015, 8-9 November 2012.