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Gerontology: An Overview on the Study of Aging for Professional Counselors

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Virtual
2 CE Hours
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Description

Gerontology, or the scientific study of aging and older adults, is a vast interdisciplinary field comprising biological, psychological, and social aspects (Grabinski, 2015). This workshop provides a comprehensive overview of the field of gerontology, including historical foundations as well as present-day priorities. Participants will learn the roles and functions professional counselors currently inhabit in the field of aging, despite historical gaps in professional education and training priorities (CACREP dropped Gerontological Counseling as a specialty area in 2009, NBCC retired National Certified Gerontological Counselor credential in 1999). With the legislative victory of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 and recognition as Medicare providers, professional counselors have never been more well-positioned to meet the mental health and wellness needs of older adults. This workshop provides a roadmap of the possibilities of a career as a gerontological counselor.

Target Audience
  • • Counselor
  • • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • • Psychologist
  • • Social Worker
  • • Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Educational Goal

The educational goal of this presentation is to provide a comprehensive overview of the history, present-day priorities, and future directions of gerontology, the scientific study of aging, as well as an overview of career possibilities as a gerontological counselor.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Summarize the history of the field of gerontology, its basic premises, and the encompassing disciplines, including research and practice, that comprise the study of aging.

  • Identify at least two opportunities for interdisciplinary care among health and allied-health professional fields who serve older adults such as medicine, nursing, social work, and professional counseling.

  • Explain and implement The Gerontological Imagination (Ferraro, 2018), an integrative paradigm for understanding aging in the context of multiple systems and disciplines.

References

  • Ferraro, K. F. (2018). The gerontological imagination: an integrative paradigm of aging. Oxford University Press.

  • Fullen, M. C. (2019). Defining wellness in older adulthood: Toward a comprehensive framework. Journal of Counseling & Development, 97(1), 62–74. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12236

  • Grabinski, C. J. (2015). 101+ careers in gerontology. Springer Publishing Company.

  • Mize, M.C.B. & Shaikh, A. (in press). Using The Gerontological Imagination to Explore Suicide among Older Adults: An Interdisciplinary Perspective for Professional Counselors. Adultspan Journal.

General
Counselor

TPN.health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7267. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TPN.health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 2 hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Marriage & Family Therapist

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 2 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

Psychologist

Pending review.

Social Worker

TPN.health, #1766, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2022 – 03/31/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 2 General continuing education credits. ASWB ACE Credit is not available in NY and NJ.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 2 hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0654.

Substance Use Disorder Professionals

This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programming.This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programing. Counselor Skill Group: Legal, Ethical, and Professional Development

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by the Association for Adult Development and Aging (AADA). There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
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Mary Chase Mize, PhD, LPC, ACS, NCC, CT

Dr. Mary Chase Mize (she/her/hers) is an assistant professor of clinical mental health counseling at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS), a National Certified Counselor (NCC), and is Certified in Thanatology – Death, Dying, and Bereavement (CT). Her research is focused on community-based suicide intervention and prevention efforts with older adults, equipping faith-based communities respond to suicide, and preparing counselors to work with older adult clients. In addition to her work in academia, Dr. Mize manages Seek and Find Counseling and Consulting, a small private practice where she provides counseling services to older adults and individuals experiencing grief, bereavement, death anxiety, major life transitions, and suicide ideation and loss. Dr. Mize also serves as a professional consultant and co-author to The Keep/Watch Project, an effort from the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta to equip religious and spiritual communities with suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention response skills.

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