Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health Certificate (BHC)
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 (978) 762-4000 ext. 5480 for further information.