Disabilities/Mental Health - Naugatuck Valley Community College

Disabilities/Mental Health from Naugatuck Valley Community College is a Campus Certificate Counseling degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. This program is designed for students who will work in a variety of mental health settings in both the mental illness and developmental disabilities fields. Students will be prepared for positions that are found in a wide variety of agencies such as crisis centers, community residences, sheltered workshops, halfway houses, and social rehabilitation clubs which specifically service this population. Program Outcomes: Upon successful completion of all program requirements, graduates will be able to: 1. Demonstrate a beginning understanding of a wide range of diagnoses that relate to people in need of social work service, and be knowledgeable about the necessity of a collaborative relationship with area support. 2. Identify the diverse challenges facing people with mental illness, and use effective advocacy strategies to address such challenges. 3. Describe confidentiality guidelines, and Human Services ethical standards of practice, and recognize his or her own personal limitations and professional behavior as a helper. 4. State the psychological theories that may help the Human Services Provider. 5. Explain what effects the social conditions in the United States have on the developmental disabilities and how to deal with them. 6. Understand sociocultural dynamics that underlay social issues in America today. 7. Be knowledgeable about formal and informal assessment practices that reflect both the needs and strengths of disadvantaged people. 8. Provide disadvantaged people the support and information necessary to build self-esteem and empowerment skills. 9. Apply knowledge and skills needed to work with people with mental illness in a variety of agency settings. 10. Demonstrate the ability to utilize the skills and tasks required for engagement, assessment, case planning, intervention and termination. View more details on Naugatuck Valley Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Counseling courses.