Am Psychol. 2014 Jan;69(1):34-65. doi: 10.1037/a0035063.
The "Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Older Adults" are intended to assist psychologists in evaluating their own readiness for working with older adults and in seeking and using appropriate education and training to increase their knowledge, skills, and experience relevant to this area of practice. The specific goals of these professional practice guidelines are to provide practitioners with (a) a frame of reference for engaging in clinical work with older adults and (b) basic information and further references in the areas of attitudes, general aspects of aging, clinical issues, assessment, intervention, consultation, professional issues, and continuing education and training relative to work with this group. The guidelines recognize and appreciate that there are numerous methods and pathways whereby psychologists may gain expertise and/or seek training in working with older adults. This document is designed to offer recommendations on those areas of awareness, knowledge, and clinical skills considered as applicable to this work, rather than prescribing specific training methods to be followed. The guidelines also recognize that some psychologists will specialize in the provision of services to older adults and may therefore seek more extensive training consistent with practicing within the formally recognized specialty of Professional Geropsychology (APA, 2010c).
《老年人心理实践指南》旨在帮助心理学家评估自己为老年人提供服务的准备情况，并寻求和使用适当的教育和培训，以增加他们与该实践领域相关的知识、技能和经验。这些专业实践指南的具体目标是为从业者提供：(a) 与老年人进行临床工作的参考框架；以及(b) 与该群体工作相关的态度、老龄化的一般方面、临床问题、评估、干预、咨询、专业问题和继续教育和培训领域的基本信息和进一步参考资料。这些准则认识并赞赏到，心理学家有许多方法和途径可以获得与老年人合作的专业知识和/或寻求培训。本文件旨在就适用于这方面工作的意识、知识和临床技能领域提出建议，而不是规定要遵循的具体培训方法。这些准则还认识到，一些心理学家将专门为老年人提供服务，并因此可能会寻求更广泛的培训，以符合专业老年心理学（APA，2010c）这一正式认可的专业领域的实践要求。
