Philadelphia Corporation for Aging Training Catalog

This full-day training will offer participants the opportunity to examine both personal and societal conceptions of aging in an exciting and experiential way. Unexamined assumptions can lead to erroneous conclusions about older people in many ways: their abilities, interests, physical well‑being and mental health. Most of us are not fully aware of what we believe about aging yet what we believe shapes how we feel about, think of and relate to older people. It also influences how we understand and experience our own aging.

Drawing on her background in gerontology, creative drama and teaching, Dr. M. KathrynJedrziewski has designed an engaging workshop which facilitates exploration of assumptions about older people. Through "hands-on" learning, role-plays, complex case studies, group discussions, and problem solving, Dr. Jedrziewski will help participants gain new appreciation of the potentials and complexity of aging as well as of the vitality and diversity of older people.