NAME: ROBERTA
AGE: 5 YEARS OLD
STRUCTURE OF THE FAMILY: FATHER, MOTHER AND A THREE YEAR OLD SISTER
CULTURAL CONTEXT: ROBERTA LIVES IN BATTIPAGLIA WITH HIS MOTHER,
FATHER AND SISTER. ROBERTA'S FATHER IS A MATHEMATICS TEACHER, HER
MOTHER IS A LAWYER, BUT NO LONGER PRACTICES, HER SISTER ATTENDS THE
FIRST YEAR OF KINDERGARTEN AND HAS A TEACHER JUST FOR HER BECAUSE
SHE SUFFERS FROM A SEVERE FORM OF AUTISM. ROBERTA LIVES IN A LARGE
TWO-STORY HOUSE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF BATTIPAGLIA. ON THE GROUND
FLOOR LIVE HER GRANDPARENTS, GIANNI AND ANNA. UNTIL A YEAR AGO SHE
LIVED IN SALERNO, WHERE SHE AND HER SISTER WERE BORN. THE FATHER WAS
TRANSFERRED TO A SCHOOL IN BATTIPAGLIA AND SO THE WHOLE FAMILY
DECIDED TO LIVE IN THE NEW CITY.
DIFFICULTY: A LITTLE GIRL WITH RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS
LIKES AND DISLIKES: SHE LIKES TO LISTEN TO MUSIC AND DOES NOT LIKE TO
SEE PEOPLE WEARING SHOES.
FEARS: SHE IS AFRAID OF LOUD NOISES AND SCREAMING PEOPLE
CURRENT SITUATION: SHE DOES NOT HAVE MANY FRIENDS BECAUSE SHE HAS
RECENTLY ARRIVED IN BATTIPAGLIA. EARLIER, SHE LIVED IN SALERNO.
ROBERTA SUFFERS BECAUSE IN THE NEW SCHOOL CHILDREN DO NOT ACCEPT
HER BECAUSE SHE ALMOST ALWAYS BREAKS OTHER CHILDREN’S THINGS AND IS
VERY AGGRESSIVE WITH BOTH THE TEACHERS AND THE CHILDREN.
ONE DAY ROBERTA BEGING CRYING AND TELLS THE TEACHER SHE DOES NOT
WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE HER FRIENDS DO NOT WANT HER IN THEIR
GROUP. THE TEACHER CALLS ROBERTA’S PARENTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE
SITUATION. SHE COMES TO SCHOOL WITH HIS FATHER BECAUSE THE MOTHER
HAS TO LOOK AFTER THE LITTLE SISTER. THE FATHER SAYS THAT ROBERTA
BEHAVES IN THIS WAY ALSO IN THE PLAYGROUND, THE PLAYROOM AND IN ALL