Community Counseling - North Carolina A & T State University

Community Counseling from North Carolina A & T State University is a Campus Master Community Health degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. The Community Counseling program is a 60 credit hour Master of Science generalist program that is nationally accredited by the Council on the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). This designation indicates curricular experiences encompassing each of the eight core areas of professional counseling including Professional Identity, Social and Cultural Diversity, Human Growth and Development, Career Development, Helping Relationships, Group Work, Assessment, and Research and Program Evaluation. Other required coursework includes clinical assessment and substance abuse. Students in the Community Counseling program also have the opportunity to take electives relative to their area of professional interest. Why Community Counseling? Many students in the community program enter with a strong desire to help others. Some individuals voice a desire to work with a specific population ? children, adolescents, couples, families, or older adults. Other students indicate wanting a specific work setting such as a mental health organization, inpatient or outpatient hospital, group home, private practice, college campus, non-profit agency, or a corporate environment. Our graduates work in each of these domains and frequently return to offer their expertise to students. Community Counseling Program Objectives To create an understanding of the foundations of community counseling including trends; roles, functions, and standards of practice and credentialing of community counselors; policies and laws, ethical and legal considerations (e.g. the ACA Code of Ethics); and diversity issues. To establish the contextual dimensions of community counseling relative to roles in various practice settings and relative other professionals in those settings; organizational dimensions of community organizations; needs assessment; and community intervention, consultation, education and outreach. To develop the knowledge and skills necessary for community counselors relative to assessment, case conceptualization, theories of human development, psychopathology, diagnosis using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, and counseling plans; models, methods, and principles of program development and service delivery for a clientele; the empowerment of consumers to understand and access community resources; advocacy; and initialing, maintaining, and terminating counseling. To provide clinical instruction including the Practicum (100 clock hours) and the 600 clock hour internship in a community setting under the supervision of a qualified site supervisor during which the intern will complete a minimum of 240 direct service clock hours. View more details on North Carolina A & T State University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Community Health courses.