Foundations of Mental Health Counseling

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Understand legislation, government policy, and regulatory processes relevant to clinical mental health counseling [CACREP standards 5C3].

• Consider strategies for interfacing with the legal system regarding court-referred clients [CACREP standards 5C6].

• Consider strategies for interfacing with integrated behavioral healthcare professionals [CACREP standards 5C7].

• Understand third-party reimbursement and other practice and management issues in clinical mental health counseling [CACREP standards 5C9].

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Quizzes	100 points
Case Conceptualization
Individual Treatment Plan	25 points
Group Treatment Plan	25 points
Presentation	150 points
Personal Reflection Paper	50 points
Class Participation	50 points
TOTAL	400 points

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
90% - 100%	A
80% - 89.99%	B
70% - 79.99%	C
Below 70%	F

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance and participation are required components of this course and are essential to your professional development.

Students may miss up to two class sessions without penalty. Each additional absence may result in a 10% reduction of the final course grade.

Missing more than 15 minutes of class time—including arriving late, leaving early, or being absent during part of class—counts as one tardy; two tardies equal one absence.

Missing more than 45 minutes of class time counts as an absence.

Please notify the instructor by email before class if you will be absent or within 24 hours of an unexpected absence.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Young, J., & Cashwell, C. (Eds.). (2017). Clinical mental health counseling: Elements of effective practice. SAGE.