DP-Mental Health Certificate

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The Mental Health Certificate is designed to prepare students for professional practice with individuals, families, and/or small groups with mental/behavioral health challenges. Mental health practice can be found in a wide range of social and human services agencies. Through courses and field placement experiences, students are exposed to a wide range of mental health conditions and disorders and contemporary modalities to address these conditions and disorders. Students in this proposed certificate will complete Human Behavior: Mental Health (SWBEH 2065) as their second-level human behavior course and Mental Health and Public Policy (SWWEL 2057) as their second-level policy course.They will also be required to complete two mental health focused courses as direct practice skill electives as well as complete their 12 credit specialized field placement in a mental health setting.