Graduate Certificate in School-Based Mental Health | School Psychology Program | San Francisco, San Diego, Irvine and Los Angeles, California
Alliant offers a Graduate Certificate program in School-Based Mental Health designed to provide master's level practitioners with the education, training and exposure necessary to conduct culturally-informed counseling within K-12 schools. The program and its faculty recognize that school environments require a specific knowledge base and professional practice for professionals to best provide effective student mental health services, including brief, short-term, group and individual counseling.
The philosophy at the foundation of this certificate program emanates from the National Association of School Psychologists' (NASP) conceptualization of school-based mental health. School-based mental health focuses primarily on:
- Building skills
- Assessing deficits
- Preventing problems
- Nurturing strengths among culturally and ethnically diverse preschoolers, school-age children and adolescents
Prospective applicants to Alliant's school-based mental health graduate certificate program may include school psychologists, school counselors, MFTs and LCSWs.
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN SCHOOL BASED MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
- Offered on the following campuses: San Diego, Los Angeles, Irvine and San Francisco
- 22 units (18 units if taken concurrently with Alliant's Master of Arts in School Psychology program, or for alumni of that program)
- A cohort model with admission each Fall semester
- Full program completion in two years
- Late afternoon, evening and/or weekend classes for working adults
- Low student-to-faculty ratio
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
- Master's degree in an approved field, such as school psychology, school counseling, marriage and family therapy, social work and more
- Application - Apply now online
- Interview
- Two letters of recommendation from supervisors, academic instructors, volunteer coordinators or other professional and/or academic relationships
- CV/Resume
- 2-4 page personal essay including autobiographical statement, professional aspirations, accomplishments and any relevant experience working with children and adolescents
- Official undergraduate transcripts from a regionally-accredited university (degrees in progress are acceptable) with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 (GPA exemptions may be granted)
- $65 application fee
EARN YOUR GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH FROM AN ACCREDITED UNIVERSITY
Alliant International University is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
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