Learning Outcomes
Graduates of this program will be prepared to:
- Apply sound ethical, legal, and business practices in the work of a mental health counselor.
- Implement counseling/prevention/intervention services related to mental health counseling.
- Promote diversity and advocacy as related to mental health counseling.
- Employ various assessment techniques to appropriately intervene in meeting the needs of diverse clients.
- Use evidence-based research literature to inform practice in meeting the needs of diverse clientele.
- Use diagnostic tools to diagnosis disorders in diverse clientele.
Additional Learning Outcomes for Counseling Programs
Graduates of this program will be prepared to:
- Develop a professional orientation and identity as a counselor.
- Effectively address the social and cultural diversity issues that impact the counseling process.
- Synthesize theories of human growth and development to develop culturally responsive counseling practices.
- Apply theories and models of career development to related life factors, which affect an individual’s lifestyle and mental health.
- Utilize major counseling theories to develop an empirically based, personal theoretical orientation that integrates theory and best practices.
- Apply theoretical and experiential principles of group work to develop targeted interventions within group contexts.
- Evaluate and interpret individual and group assessment in a multicultural society.
- Utilize research methods commonly used in the counseling profession.
- Demonstrate skills in applying principles of advocacy toward promoting cultural understanding and positive social change in individuals, communities, and society.
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills in the areas of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and referral.
- Achieve personal growth and sustainability in the profession.
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