The Behavioral Health program (BHP)  provides diverse opportunities for students to serve the  community in a capacity that promotes social justice, wellness, and integrity by serving the community as  Behavioral Health professionals. Students can earn Associate’s degrees in Mental Health Services, Direct Support Professional, or Addiction  Studies, or a post baccalaureate certificate in Addiction Studies. Students who participate in the program  study basic counseling skills, ethics, pharmacology, and general psychology, and apply skills in behavioral health settings. 

Inherent in delivering behavioral health is the responsibility to facilitate social change so that individuals and institutions can cope more effectively and address issues. The BHP philosophy recognizes the need  for people to be competent, useful, and empowered.  

Students must take 25 credits of Practicum courses to fulfill the requirements of this degree. 

Students completing the AAS degree should be able to: 

• Describe the nature of human systems: individual, group, organization, community, and society,  and their major interactions.  
• Describe the conditions that promote or limit optimal functioning in the major human systems.
• Identify and select interventions that promote client growth and goal attainment.  
• Plan, implement, and evaluate interventions. 
• Select interventions that are congruent with the values of one’s self, clients, the employing  organization, and the Behavioral Health profession.  
• Use process skills to plan and implement services. 
• Adapt assessment skills and interventions to a variety of settings. 
• Comprehend and recognize the worth and uniqueness of the individual, including race, culture,  ethnicity, gender, religion, learning style, abilities, sexual orientation, age, social class, and other  expressions of diversity. 

You may earn an associate of applied science degree by successfully completing the required 100 credit hours with a grade of “C” or better in all courses.

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