SMCCME

The Behavioral Health & Human Services program is designed to prepare individuals with the necessary knowledge and skills for employment and/or future study in a wide range of behavioral health and human service fields. Successful graduates work with individuals of all ages confronting disabling mental health issues, developmental disabilities, substance abuse, and other behavioral health conditions.

The associate in applied science degree in Behavioral Health and Human Services is designed primarily for students seeking to enter the workforce after graduation or to advance their career at their place of employment. Graduates of the associate degree program are automatically MHRT/Community certified by virtue of their degree and eligible for Ed Tech II certification.

The associate in arts degree in Liberal Studies social work concentration is designed for transfer to a baccalaureate program in social work or human services. The curriculum is built on a foundation of general education classes, supplemented with elective courses that focus heavily on relevant general education coursework with some specialization.

The one-year MHRT/Community certificate program is designed to meet the requirements for certification as a Mental Health Rehabilitation Technician (MHRT/Community). This certificate is required by the state of Maine for work as an entry-level mental health practitioner.

Upon completion of the program, graduates will be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the nature of human systems: individual, group, organization, community and society, and their major interactions.
• Demonstrate an understanding of human development, group dynamics, organizational structure, how communities are organized, how national policy is set, and how social systems interact in producing human problems.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the conditions that promote optimal functioning or the classes of deviation that limit desired functioning in the major human systems.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the major models of causation that are concerned with the promotion of healthy functioning and treatment rehabilitation.
• Identify and select interventions, which promote growth and goal attainment. Graduates will be able to conduct a competent problem analysis and select strategies, services, or interventions that are appropriate to helping their clients attain a desired outcome.
• Plan, implement, and evaluate interventions. The student will be able to design a plan of action for an identified problem and implement the plan in a systematic way.
• Select interventions, which are congruent with the values of one's self, clients, the employing organization and the human service profession.
• Use verbal and oral communication, interpersonal relationships, and other related personal skills such as self discipline and time management) effectively to plan and implement services.

Curriculum

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Curriculum