Research projects

• Research project “Exploring the Correlation between Emotional Development and Empathy in Adult Patients with Intellectual Disabilities (ID)” at Casa Santa Rosa in collaboration with Sapienza University of Rome, scientific advisor Dr. Marco Montanari ( from October 2024 ).

• Erasmus+ project proposal Train the Trainers on the Emotional Development Approach for Caring of Adult Patients with Intellectual Disabilities (TTED) submitted as coordinator in October 2024 in collaboration with Centar za rehabilitaciju Zagreb (Croatia) and Psychiatrisch Centrum Sint-Jan-Baptist (Belgium).

• Erasmus+ project proposal Best Practices in Adult Special Education and the Emotional Development Approach in use (SEED) submitted as a partner in March 2024 in collaboration with EAMHID (Belgium), Universiteit Gent (Belgium), Parc Sanitari Sant Joan De Deu (Spain), Centar za rehabilitaciju Zagreb (Croatia), Psychiatrisch Centrum Sint-Jan-Baptist (Belgium), with the coordination of Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (Poland).

• Participation in the finalization of the Italian translation and adaptation of the SED scale under the coordination of CREA in Florence, scientific advisor Dr. Marco Bertelli and Dr. Maria Grazia De Lucia (from May 2023 , signing of agreement between institutions)

Conferences

• Conference of the European Association of Mental Health in Intellectual Disability (EAMHID) “Unleashing talent embracing diversity” with the presentation “The correlation between emotional development, empathy, and embodied expression in adults with ID: a pilot study” . September 18, 2025 in Ghent.

• Conference "Corporality and Artistic Creativity in the World of Disability and Discomfort: Clinical and Social Aspects" with a presentation entitled "Psyche, Body, and Emotional Development in Intellectual Disability: Toward a Process of Individuation?" November 13, 2024, Rome, Casa Santa Rosa.

• Conference: 1st CREA-NEED SYMPOSIUM Florence. October 10, 2024 in Florence, CREA

• Conference “Porto ICRE'24 – the 4th Porto International Conference on Research in Education” with the presentation entitled “Promoting Inclusion and Quality of Life: Addressing Challenging Behaviors through Person-Centered Education for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, Embracing an Emotional Development Approach” . July 18, 2024 in Porto, Portugal, ℅ School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto.

• Conference "Problem Behaviors, Emotional Development, and Quality of Life: What Strategies Can We Use?" March 8, 2023 , Rome, Casa Santa Rosa.

• Internal refresher course "An Overview of the EAMHID Helsinki Conference... What Are Others Saying?" with a focus on emotional development. November 15, 2023 , Rome, Casa Santa Rosa.

• Attend the 14th EAMHID Congress 2023 in Helsinki, participating in the workshop on emotional development. September 21, 2023 , in Helsinki, Finland.