Course in psychogerontology (university degree + 8 ECTS credits)

This approved course in psychogerontology offers specialized training in the field. We must know that psychogerontology arises due to the aging of society. In careers such as teaching, pedagogy and psychopedagogy have been embarking on the learning and knowledge of ages such as childhood, adolescence and youth. However, activities for older people have had to be promoted. At present, educators not only have to know the world of childhood, adolescence and youth, but also to know about adulthood and old age. They must be prepared to develop activities with this type of students. It is a chemable approved course for oppositions.

- Understand the professional profile of the psychogerontologist and the social resources available to the elderly. - Knowing how to identify the different stages that the elderly are going through and the changes that concur to each of them. - Understand the different pathologies and geriatric diseases, as well as learn to evaluate the various cognitive diseases. - Learn to establish the intervention and treatment programs of the elderly. - Distinguish different types of intervention related to health, cognitive-affective functions, social relations and functional capacity. - Know the deferens strategies, means and resources related to the psychosocial maintenance and rehabilitation of the elderly.

Psychogerontology

This approved online course in psychogerontology prepares to know the fundamental basis of psychogerontology, deepening of their own activities for the elderly, knowing and analyzing the psychosocial characteristics and needs of dependent people, applying techniques and strategies for support and development of social relationship skills adapted to intervention groups, etc. Being a university course is approved for oppositions.

The present online course approved in Psychogerontology is aimed at all professionals in the field of psychogerontology, such as doctors, psychologists, psychotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers, pedagogues, psychopedagogues, geriatrics assistants and in general all experts related to this area, interested in expanding and deepening their knowledge in the area of psychology of aging and elderly. in a way that allows them to acquire professional competences to be able to perform the psychological evaluation and intervention of healthy elderly, with cognitive impairment or other pathologies both in family and institutional fields. It is also aimed at those who want to achieve a homologated university degree.

This training is not included in the scope of official regulated training (Infant Education, Primary Education, Secondary Education, Official Professional Training FP, Baccalaureate, University Degree, Official University Master and PhD). It is therefore a complementary and/or specialization training, aimed at acquiring certain skills, skills or aptitudes of a professional nature, being able to be barely as merit in workbags and/or opposition competitions, always within the complementary training section and/or continuous training being always essential to review the specific requirements of the public labor stock of the public labor stock market.