3.00 Credits
This course is designed to proviede students with opportunities to develop the knowledge, values and skills necessary for effective assistance to individual, clients, and family systems. Communication, which is a major component of mental health clinical pratice, is accomplished throught the transmission, reception and interpretation of verbal, non-verbal, and written messages. Understanding and use of communication skills are seeential for effective practic. Students will learn skills to support clients/ efforts to navigate themselves behaviorally and emotionally during the therapeutic process as will as the functionality of ongoing clinical assessment and evaluation. This course intgrates and supports learning through lecture, skills demonstration, discussions and case analysis. Students will develop skills in problem solving, effective communication, and documentation.