Classic and modern models of self-regulated learning: integrative and componential analysis.

Self-regulated learning (SRL) is considered a construct of great heuristic value and has attracted the attention of numerous researchers and inspired influential theoretical models. The objective of the present study was to provide an up-to-date, comparative and integrated description of the theoretical models of SRL used in current empirical research. For this purpose, we conducted a critical review of the scientific literature referring explicitly to any SRL model and we described, compared and integrated the processes and personal and situational dimensions considered in each model.

[Study on the professional procedures, experiences and needs of parents when they are told their child has a disability or developmental disorder. Breaking the news].

Introduction: Both the moment and the way chosen to break the news that a child aged 0-6 years is suffering, or may suffer, from a developmental disorder or disability have an effect on the parents and on the familial system that goes beyond the actual fact of knowing about the circumstance in itself. It is a very significant social act that represents the first encounter in which the parents explore and anticipate the social attitudes of inclusion or exclusion towards the child.

Aims: To gather information about the practices usually employed by professionals when it comes to breaking the news to the families, to evaluate what aspects of the process could be improved, to determine the families' needs in these circumstances and to gain a deeper understanding of the affective-emotional processes experienced by the parents.