Výskumný ústav detskej psychológie a patopsychológie

characteristics of the Institute´s activity Research Institute for Child Psychology and Pathopsychology (VÚDPaP) is the only workplace in the Slovak Republic that is focused on the complex research of psychological aspects of child and youth development and on the research of conditions that influence this development. Key research areas Mental development of children from regular population Specifics of mental development of children from minority groups (disabled, gifted, socially disadvantaged children) Social development of children and youth Practical activities VÚDPaP's Child Centre delivers complex multidisciplinary care for children with special needs and for their families including counselling recommendations to schools and school facilities that work with these children. Professional workers of Research Institute for Child Psychology and Pathopsychology deliver counselling services to children, their parents and teachers with focus on problems of children in the area of cognitive, social, emotional, and school development, and in the area of vocational orientation. Information and publication activities: The Information-Editorial Centre of VÚDPaP has a well-equipped professional library that delivers its services not only to VÚDPaP's employees but also to external users - professional workers of sister professions, university workers, and university students. The Centre makes literature retrievals and bibliographies from fields of developmental, pedagogical and school psychology, child pathopsychology, and social pathology. VÚDPaP publishes a quarterly journal Psychológia a patopsychológia dieťaťa, which is the only professional psychological journal published here in Slovak. It also publishes contributions written in the Czech language. Every study has an abstract written in English. From time to time, VÚDPaP also publishes non-periodical professional monographs and anniversary volumes.