RN to BSN Program
Dr. Marian Beckman
Chairperson
118 Butterfield Hall
814.732.2355
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| Counseling |
| Educational Leadership |
| Educational Psychology |
| Reading |
| School Psychology |
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| Counseling |
| Educational Leadership |
| Educational Psychology |
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| School Psychology |
COUN 792GERONTOLOGICAL COUNSELING |
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This course introduces students to the gerontology specialty area and provides a foundation for effectively counseling older persons. It provides the student with an overview of the physiological, psychological, sociological and political processes related to older persons and aging. The course includes an examination of the impact of aging on the individual, the family and society; the implications of living longer; societal attitudes toward old age; and inherent medical and social problems encountered by older persons (including the dynamics of Alzheimer's disease and elder abuse). Issues related to the economics of aging; work, retirement and leisure; living environments in later life; social policies, programs and services for older Americans; and the topic of death and dying are also explored. |
