The education system is increasingly oriented towards the integral development of people, based on key competences to a level that equips them for adult life. Therefore, it is not only growing intellectually, but also educate them as human beings. The symposium presents several programs focus on the development of these core competencies and how this complement the academic curriculum, which allow preteenagers and adolescents to face the demands of their evolutionary stage. It is important to highlight the importance of enhancing the emotional competencies of teachers. In this way their psychological well-being can be increased, and offer them resources for the emotional development in their students. The "Emotional education program for teachers: feeling to transmit" is presented. Three programs on the development of competences in adolescents are presented. Adolescents go through an evolutionary stage in which their well-being may be adversely affected. For this, FORTIUS Program promotes the development of psychological strength, prevent emotional difficulties, and solve personal problems. FORTIUS Program integrates the approach of positive psychology and clinical psychology. Currently, social networks and the internet require more attention from professionals to help adolescents to make good use of them. In this sense, "Preventive Intervention on Social Networks and Internet (PIP-RSI)" aims to help parents, educators, and students to develop preventive strategies and guidelines for action in their management. Moving forward in the good use of online tools, the video game called "Cybereduca cooperativo 2.0" is presented. This free access video aims to prevent bullying and cyberbullying, increase protective factors, and reduce risk factors from preadolescence.

Inmaculada Montoya Castilla is Professor in the University of Valencia, Spain. She graduated (1992-1997) and got her PhD in Psychology (2002) in the University of Valencia. She has been a Professor at the University of Valencia (2003-2004, 2009-present), UNED (2004-2005), and International University of Valencia (2009). She is a Gestalt Psychotherapist and has carried out training oriented to the clinic, teaching, and research. She has conducted direct interventions in the classroom. She coordinated the Department of Educational Guidance (2005-2009). Her teaching focuses on psychological assessment and treatments in the different stages of development. The research is carried out mainly in two areas: educational and health areas. Within the educational area, her research focuses on emotional competences, childhood, adolescence, and family. She has participated as principal investigator, and as a member of the research team, in different projects funded by public and private entities. From these projects, she has publications on styles of parenting and health in childhood, training parents for conflict resolution and communication, emotional competences in childhood, and emotional development in adolescence. She is currently the principal investigator of a Project funded by the Goverment of Spain, whose main product is the development of PREDEMA Program. An emotional education program for adolescents. From the emotion to the meaning (2016). Madrid: Pirámide. Within the health area, she investigates the psychological impact of surgical interventions and chronic illness. She has participated in different projects, financed by private entities, for studying the psychological impact of pediatric chronic disease in the patient and family, namely diabetes mellitus type I and respiratory disease. Results of her research are published in national and international scientific journals, books oriented to teaching, as well as books and chapters, and have been presented in national and international congresses.