Preferred registration deadline: Sept 5th

3 CEs/CPH units

In our society, ageism is pervasive, invisible, and harmful to individuals and communities; it is a major barrier to achieving long, fulfilling lives. Increasing awareness and understanding about age as an identity issue and how age insects with other social identities, is key to changing attitudes, implementing interventions to achieve age inclusivity, and improving wellbeing. Age bias affects both young and old, regardless of identity. We, as a society, are living longer and we are seeing ageism continue to show itself more than ever, in healthcare, the workplace, media, politics, and our day-to-day lives.   With demographic trends projecting an older population that’s larger than the younger population by 2050, there are plenty of opportunities to harness the value that older adults bring to society. In order to move forward in an equitable way, we must advance another narrative; that regardless of age we are all valuable contributors to our society.  

This is an in-person workshop that will be held on Washington University’s Danforth Campus. The exact location and direction will be emailed to registered participants before the course date.

This workshop meets the licensure requirement for 3 hours of continuing education in diversity/cultural competency/humility.

General Admission: $65**
**Eligible discounts can be applied during checkout.

Class size is limited to 45.

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Course Outline

Content Level: Beginner

Target Audiences: Social workers and other mental health providers.

Agenda:

• Welcome, Introductions, Review of Agenda – 10 minutes
• Introduction to Age as Identity and small group discussions – 40 minutes
• Ageism: What it is, where it is, and how it affects us – 30 minutes
• Small group discussion/activity – 30 minutes
• Panel of experts on intersectionality – 60 minutes
• Wrap up – 10 minutes

Learner Outcomes

• Participants will be able to describe age as an ever-changing social identity and how it intersects with other identities.
• Participants will be able to summarize ageism:  what it is, where it happens, how it affects overall well-being.
• Participants will be able to apply information and skills to foster age-inclusivity in practice.

Course Completion Requirements:

• The Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, Professional Development, provider #2130, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 9/24/2024 – 9/24/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 3 cultural competency continuing education credits.

• The Brown School is also an approved provider of Social Work CEs in Missouri and Illinois.

• To earn ACE credit, attendees must arrive at the scheduled time, attend the entire course, and complete an online course evaluation. ACE credit is not provided for partial attendance.  However, you may still qualify for partial Social Work Missouri and Illinois CEs provided by the Brown School.

• Brown School CE Certificates will be available online within 10 business days of course completion by visiting your learner profile at https://ce.wustl.edu/portal/logon.do?method=load&parentSite=brown. You will receive an email notification with specific instructions for accessing the online certificate when it is available. ACE CE Certificates, if requested in your evaluation survey, will be emailed within 10 business days of course completion.

• For more information about CEs, accessibility, refund/cancelation policy, our grievance policy, or other inquiries please visit our About Us page or email brownprofdev@wustl.edu.