Session #: 719-428
Presenter(s): Robert Hill, Ph.D.
Session Length: 2 hr. 00 min. Event: 2009 Networker Annual Symposium Date: March 26-29, 2009
As the science of longevity succeeds in helping us live longer, our older clients (65+) require therapeutic knowledge and techniques not offered in most training centers. In this workshop, we'll explore a therapeutic approach called Positive Aging, which helps older clients anywhere along the health continuum access and draw on their inherent capacity for happiness. You'll learn an assessment approach for identifying clients' skills for coping with different aspects of the aging process and we'll discuss concrete Positive Aging interventions that you can teach your clients to help them find fulfillment in later years. You'll practice using strategies for specific age-related concerns, such as mild cognitive impairment. By the time you leave, you'll have the tools to help clients transform later-life problems into opportunities for personal growth.
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