Professional Certificate

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This certificate programme will offer participants an overview of the dynamics of development in adolescence, providing professionals with a range of relational skills, dialogic techniques and creative interventions to support young people as they navigate the adolescent years. The programme is divided into three modules. Upon successful completion of all modules and all practical requirements, the following award will be granted: Professional Certificate in Adolescent Studies awarded by Blackfort Adolescent Gestalt Institute PROGRAMME LEARNING OUTCOMES • Demonstrate understanding of the complex and dynamic developmental process in adolescence and emerging adulthood • Develop capacity to establish contactful, supporting relationships with adolescents in order to create optimal developmental conditions • Analyse and apply aspects of developmental understanding in professional settings with adolescents, identifying appropriate strategies and approaches • Create successful professional relationships with adolescents and apply collaborative working skills which constructively engage the adolescent’s meaning-making and problem-solving capacities • Demonstrate a consistent and positive work ethic that indicates a preparedness to take appropriate risks, explore multiple options and create opportunities for self- development in an appropriate manner • Produce appropriate informed decisions in the context of working with adolescents in a professional setting, adapting recognised approaches to professional dilemmas, justifying chosen solutions to address complex situations • Through engagement with adolescents, demonstrate a clear set of positive personal ethics and their effective implementation • Create opportunities for positive personal and social change and development, using creative thinking to maximise positive change in the lives of adolescents. PROGRAMME STRUCTURE The programme is structured with three modules running concurrently. Students are expected to complete all modules. Module summary details are listed below: • Adolescent & emerging adult development • Meaning-making in adolescence • Relational skills with adolescents