A New Name. A Reimagined Learning Experience. 

Formerly Ageism First Aid, Understanding Ageism has been fully redesigned with a reimagined curriculum, realistic scenario-based learning, and engaging course personas that help students recognize ageism while building practical skills for communicating and engaging respectfully with people of all ages. Interested in what's changed? Explore a detailed overview of the updates included in the redesigned Understanding Ageism course.

Explore Understanding Ageism

Understanding Ageism is a four-module online course that aims to change how you think and feel about older people and aging and is designed to improve your communication with and about older people. Understanding Ageism will prepare you for working with people of various ages—such as customers, clients, patients, and colleagues—because after all, we are all aging. This course is intended for learners of all ages and all educational backgrounds.

Choose Your Registration Option

• Understanding Ageism—Standard registration for professionals, community members and graduate or doctoral students.
• Understanding Ageism—Undergraduate registration — Discounted rate for currently enrolled undergraduate students.

Both versions deliver the same content; the undergraduate registration option simply reflects an adjusted student rate.