A deep and complete immersion in the most innovative and effective strategies and approaches of the moment in the environment of addressing disruptive behaviors"

This postgraduate diploma provides extensive knowledge in advanced models and techniques in Addiction Intervention. For this, you will have a teaching faculty that stands out for its extensive professional experience in the different fields in which psychology has developed and in different sectors of the population.

Throughout this program, you will learn the current and newest approaches on this topic.  You will learn to apply basic strategies and methods of intervention on young people with addictions, as well as to know the characteristics and fundamental aspects of child and adolescent psychopathology.

We will not only take you through the theoretical knowledge we offer, but we will introduce you to another way of studying and learning, one which is simpler, more organic and more efficient. We will work to keep you motivated and to develop your passion for learning, helping you to analyze and to develop critical thinking skills. 

A high-level step that will become a process of improvement, not only on a professional level, but also on a personal level. 

An educational program created for professionals who aspire to excellence that will allow you to acquire new skills and strategies in a smooth and effective way"

This postgraduate diploma in Assessment and Psychological Intervention in Disruptive Behavior contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market. The most important features include:  

• The development of 100 case studies presented by experts in Youth Addiction Intervention
• Its graphic, schematic and eminently practical contents, with which they are conceived, gather a scientific and practical inespecialization on those disciplines that are indispensable for the psychologists
• New developments and innovations in the different areas of psychology
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the situations that are presented to the student
• Special emphasis on cutting-edge methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Multimedia learning systems, expert teachers, total flexibility... this is the specialization you were looking for"

It includes a very broad teaching staff of professionals belonging to the field of psychology, who pour into this specialization the experience of their work, in addition to recognized specialists of reference societies and prestigious universities

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive program designed to learn in real situations

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, where the student must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the course. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced psychology experts

Contextual and real, this learning will give you the practical skills you really need"

This postgraduate diploma marks the difference between a professional with a lot of knowledge, and a professional who knows how to apply it in their daily practice"

The objectives of this program have been established as a guide for the development of the entire specialization, with the specific mission of offering the students a very intensive specialization that really boosts their professional progression. A journey of personal growth that will take you to the top in your intervention as a psychologist.

If your goal is to improve in your profession and acquire a qualification that will enable you to compete with the best, then look no further. This specialization will give your career the boost it needs"

General Objective

• Train qualified professionals to intervene successfully in disruptive behaviors, with real working capacity and optimal results, supported by the most updated and useful theoretical and practical knowledge for their profession

Specific Objectives

• Planning and conducting an interview
• Use strategies and techniques to involve the target audience in the intervention
• Select and construct indicators and measurement techniques to evaluate programs and interventions.
• Measure and obtain relevant data for the evaluation of interventions
• Analyze and interpret the results of the assessment
• Have a critical view of the different psychometric instruments published in order to enable a responsible use of them.
• Correctly describe the goals of and negotiate them appropriately with those involved in the intervention
• Measure the variables involved in cognitive-behavioral treatments
• Identify and interpret personal factors in relation to individual differences in cognitive intervention
• Conduct accurate assessments useful for cognitive-behavioral intervention
• Delineate the therapeutic goals and the intervention process
• Discriminate between cognitive intervention techniques appropriate to the case
• Identify appropriate direct intervention methods according to therapeutic purposes, as well as appropriate to clinical and socio-health contexts
• Measuring the results of cognitive-behavioral intervention
• Learn the fundamentals of health psychology and quality of life
• Conceptually analyze what health psychology is and why it emerged
• Learn historical and methodological aspects 
• Understand the historical and methodological process for effective research, with special interest in the field of stress
• Design an interview and apply it. As well as to diagnose patients or situations following the criteria of the profession
• Identify variables (personality, intelligence and other aptitudes, attitudes, etc.) and cognitive, emotional, psychobiological and behavioral processes
• Explain variables (personality, intelligence and other aptitudes, attitudes, etc.) and cognitive, emotional, psychobiological and behavioral processes
• Measure variables (personality, intelligence and other aptitudes, attitudes, etc.) and cognitive, emotional, psychobiological and behavioral processes
• Be able to describe and measure variables and cognitive, emotional, psychobiological and behavioral processes
• Define objectives and develop intervention plans according to the purpose of the intervention
• Learn to choose the appropriate psychological intervention techniques to achieve the objectives, recognizing differences, problems and needs. In turn, discriminate such differences, problems and needs
• Describe cognitive, emotional, psychobiological and behavioral variables and processes. Measure cognitive, emotional, psychobiological and behavioral variables and processes
• Identify the objectives of the intervention according to its purpose (prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, insertion, accompaniment...)
• Design a plan of the intervention according to its purpose (prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, insertion, accompaniment...)

This postgraduate diploma is aimed at all psychologists who want to achieve a high degree of specialization in Youth Addiction sector”