Last January, the Youth Chair started two new education specialities aimed to professionals and people interested in understanding and investing in adolescence and youth.

With the objective to offer an updated and practical education, two programmes have been designed that answer to the actual needs in this area:

• University Expert in Promotion and Optimisation of the Adolescence and Youth Development.
• Certificate in Continuous Education in Adolescence and Youth.

These educations, the blended modality, combine a strict theoretical base with the practical application in real context. Moreover, they have a multidisciplinary educational team formed by various professionals, contributing with a global and integrated view in the adolescent and youth period.

The adolescent and youth are key moments in the development of a person, marked by psychological, emotional and social transformations. For that reason, these programmes want to promote knowledge and tools to accompany and optimise the process, understanding the challenges and opportunities presented in today’s society.

Certificate in Continuous Education in Adolescence and Youth is open to a wide public and it offers an essential introduction to the foundation of adolescent development. On the other hand, the University Expert in Promotion and Optimization in the Development in Adolescence and Youth is focused in professionals with university degree, promoting a specialised formation in intervention and promotion of young development.

This project has been possible thanks to the effort and collaboration of many people, who are compromised with the study and accompaniment in this vital phase.