Children's Mental Health (Certificate)
Description
Through this certificate, develop knowledge and skills to effectively work with infants, children or adolescents with complicated psychiatric disorders. Courses will focus on the developmental process, understanding psychiatric disorders and associated behaviours, risk factors and triggers, the identification of behaviours and symptoms, family relationships, and on intervention and prevention strategies.
This program may be of particular interest to health, social service and education professionals currently working with infant, child or adolescent populations.
Note that courses in this program can be taken as individual, standalone courses.
Admission Requirements
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) OR
- Grade 12 equivalency certificate achieved through College academic upgrading OR
- Mature Student Status (19 years of age or older)
- You must maintain an overall average of 60% or a GPA of 2.0 in order to graduate
- A minimum of 25% of courses must be completed through Durham College.
Required Courses (suggested sequence of study)
- CHLD 2380 Child Development I
- CHLD 1087 Family Relationships &Their Impact on Social Disorders
- CHLD 1084 Cognitive Development, Trauma and Loss-Children's Health Focus
- CHLD 1088 Prevention and Intervention - Children's Mental Health
- CHLD 1083 Psychiatric Disorders Common to the Infant, Child and Adolescent Population
- CHLD 1086 Risk Factors of Common Psychiatric Disorders in the Infant, Child and Adolescent Population
Note: Check with the institution regarding start/end dates, prices, and delivery method. These may vary according to program, section, and/or semester.
Related Courses
- Psychiatric Disorders Common to the Infant, Child and Adolescent Population
- Cognitive Development, Trauma and Loss - Children's Health Focus
- Risk Factors of Common Psychiatric Disorders in the Infant, Child and Adolescent Population
- Family Relationships and Their Impact on Psychiatric Disorders
- Prevention and Intervention Strategies-Children's Mental Health
- Child Development I
Overview
- Institution: Durham College
- Program type: Certificate
- Language: English
- Program Code: CHMH
- Delivery Method: Fully Online/Distance
Disclaimer:
Check with the institution regarding start/end dates, prices, and delivery method. These may vary according to program, section, and/or semester.
Check with the institution regarding start/end dates, prices, and delivery method. These may vary according to program, section, and/or semester.