| MHT104 Community Mental
Health |
3 Credits |
| This course is
designed to focus on the history and systems
specific to our current mental health system
and the potential plan for our future
delivery systems. The community’s role in
impacting the mental health system will be
examined. |
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| MHT110 Interviewing and
Counseling |
3 Credits |
| This is an
introductory class focusing on the skills
that are fundamental to professional
interviewing and to different psychological
approaches to counseling. Ethical issues and
professional growth will be discussed.
Students will read the required textbook and
participate in small-group exercises
designed to help develop and enhance
counseling skills. |
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| MHT112 Crisis
Identification and Intervention |
3 Credits |
| This course
introduces students to crisis intervention
theory and practice. The course will focus
on basic crisis intervention skills,
theories of crisis intervention, and the
dynamics of specific kinds of crisis
situations. Current issues in crisis
intervention will be explored.
Multiculturalism and diversity will be
integrated throughout the course,
particularly in relation to effective crisis
intervention and resolution. Stress and
burnout, as they affect crisis clinicians,
will be examined and strategies for
prevention and professional development
discussed. |
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| MHT122 Group Process |
3 Credits |
| This course is an introduction to group functioning and roles. An overview of group formation, action, internal dynamics, and issues in group facilitation will be included. Learning experiences will be provided through reading, class lectures and discussion, and experiential activities. |
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| MHT124 Psychosocial
Rehabilitation |
3 Credits |
| This course is
designed to assist the learner to frame the
basic principles of psycho-social
rehabilitation both from a historical and an
application perspective. We will compare and
contrast the traditional and psycho-social
models and their varying degrees of failure
and success. |
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| MHT125 The Changing Workplace |
3 Credits |
| A sociological study of the shifts in the American work force and the impact on workers, work, and the new workplace. Among the topics explored will be management styles, minorities, workers with disabilities, laws’ influence on today’s workforce, gender, communication, and cultural diversity among workers. This course will provide an open forum for discussion of beliefs and attitudes critically examined through the perspectives of history, cultural context, political change, the media, the economy, society, and the family structure. |
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| MHT214 Incest, Sexual Abuse, and Trauma |
3 Credits |
| Students will examine the problems faced by the adult and child who experience incest and/or sexual abuse and other victimization during childhood, adolescence, and/or adult life. Traditional and new response/treatment approaches and theories will be introduced regarding the sexual abuse victim/survivor population. |
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| MHT216 Mental Health and Aging |
3 Credits |
| This course provides a comprehensive overview of the unique health and treatment needs of the psychiatrically ill, older adult. It will enable mental health caregivers to provide age-sensitive care in a variety of settings. Topics will include biological, social, psychological, and physical aspects of aging, dementias, and major psychiatric disorders. |
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| MHT218 Substance Abuse Counseling for Special Populations |
3 Credits |
| This course will examine current literature on substance abuse, paying particular attention to its impact on special populations. High risk populations will be discussed, as well as areas of need of specific populations. Students will read the required textbooks and participate in class discussions designed to help develop and enhance their learning. |
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| MHT220 Case Management |
3 Credits |
| Case management is a process that is currently receiving increasing attention in a variety of mental health, medical, and social service settings. It is a method of intervention which focuses simultaneously on the fragmentation within the consumer as well as fragmentation within the network of service delivery. Building upon an understanding of the social systems model, this course examines the various approaches to case management in a range of settings. Content areas address: history and basis, stages of engagement, assessment, planning, implementation, disengagement, evaluation, advocacy, and organizational supports. |
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| MHT226 Vocational Aspects of Disability |
3 Credits |
| Students will learn the vocational factors that need to be reviewed and considered prior to developing a vocational goal and implementing a Individual Plan for Employment (IPE) for a qualified individual with a disability. This will include appropriate vocational assessment tools including the Job Readiness Assessment used in the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services and other sources for understanding medical and psychological diagnosis and their relationship to functional capacities of individuals with disabilities. Labor market surveys, general marketing and other business community relationship building will be reviewed. Specific intervention, accommodation and other on-site supports will be discussed both from a theoretical and practical perspective. Actual skill acquisition modules will be presented as case studies that will provide opportunities to use the knowledge gained in real world applications. |
