Human Services Practitioner Department
Announcements

We are very excited to announce the implementation of the newly created Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health Certificate Program.If you enjoy working with children, adolescents and their families; to create positive changes this may be a program to consider. Please review the identified program mission statement and learning outcomes as an introduction to program goals.
Mission Statement:
The Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health Certificate Program prepares students to develop and implement treatment care within a broad range of therapeutic prevention, intervention and treatment strategies that promote and inspire positive change in children, adolescents and their families.
Learning Outcomes
The student will demonstrate the ability to:
.Establish therapeutic relationships with children, adolescents and their families that promote constructive change .Develop and utilize a variety of child/adolescent conflict resolution and problem solving techniques in a multitude of child and adolescent care environments
?Understand developmental issues relevant to counseling children and adolescents and their families
?Utilize effective oral and written communication practice that enhances the quality of treatment care with children and adolescents
?Apply entry level family theory dynamics in providing and participating in community treatment and intervention planning
?Identify child and adolescent risk factors associated with crisis prevention & intervention
?Identify and attempt to meet the needs and goals of children, adolescents and their families by developing and implementing effective treatment intervention strategies
?Demonstrate information and computer literacy in identifying treatment and professional resources that enhance client treatment planning and professional growth
?Work effectively with ethnically, culturally, and socially diverse populations
?Form respectful, professional, and collaborative relationships
?Engage in ongoing self-assessment and self care to maintain attentiveness to professional competence
?Move seamlessly into the Human Services Practitioner Associate Degree Program
Please call Bruce Ciaramella at ext. 5480 for further information.