Specialization in Comprehensive Childhood and Adolescence Development Virtual Modality

The Specialist in Comprehensive Childhood and Adolescence Development is able to:

○ Perform in social intervention processes aimed at the child and adolescent population.

○ Dynamize programs and projects for the child and adolescent population affected by psychosocial risks.

○ Participate in the definition of comprehensive care schemes and differential work with children, adolescents, youth, and families who have been affected or are victims of armed conflict.

○ Lead processes articulated to comprehensive early childhood care and other initiatives focused on the well-being of the child and adolescent population.

○ Guide and participate in human talent qualification processes that serve children and adolescents.

○ Guide actions to strengthen environments that can promote the comprehensive development of this child and adolescent population.

General Information

Applicant Profile

Professionals from different social sciences, humanities, and related fields with a strong interest in matters related to childhood and adolescence.

Occupational Profile

The Specialist in Comprehensive Childhood and Adolescence Development is able to hold positions of director, coordinator, and advisor of social programs and projects related to childhood and adolescence, in public and private entities, as well as being a social leader in their community or region.

Why study with us?

○ Only program in the country with this name.

○ The Specialization is framed within Law 1295 of 2009, which regulates the comprehensive care of "CHILDREN" from early childhood in sectors classified as 1, 2, and 3 of Sisbén.

○ With this specialization, the graduate will have the possibility of:

○ Salary improvement and promotion to grade 14 (for the old regime according to Decree 2277 of 1979)*

○ For the new regime regulated by Decree 1278 of 2002, it is established that to advance in the national rank, a Master's or Doctorate degree is required. The Secretariats of Education have autonomy in their evaluation criteria for rank advancement.

Program Objective

Develop professional competencies in students to respond to the social needs of the child and adolescent population. The training is based on theoretical and methodological preparation. In intervention processes, it is socially focused on its different areas aimed at childhood and youth, as well as on the recognition of the social policies that underpin its actions.

Curriculum

Quarter 1