ACE @ Hermitage Instructor: Mary Helen Crowder

State Course Title: Mental Health Assisting Careers

Description

• This course will introduce and prepare the student for a career as a mental health technician or a career in a mental health field

• The student will gain an understanding of how to provide routine care and perform therapeutic procedures, respond to emergency situations, provide patient rehabilitation, and facilitate patient recreational activities

• This course will be taught in conjunction with Home Health Aide, to create the course Senior Home and Mental Health Assistant

• The student will gain an understanding of the basic skills and knowledge needed to prepare them to assist mental health professionals in hospitals, outpatient clinics, and community mental health facilities

• The student  will be introduced to an advanced health and medical sciences program or private home or health care setting with the home health aide component

• Upon completion of this course, the student will be eligible to take the certification examination test for Mental Health Assisting