Human Services: Advanced Helping Skills 1 - Certificate of Accomplishment

This program map only provides one possible pathway for degree and/or certificate obtainment and is for reference only. Please schedule an appointment with a counselor to develop your individualized Student Education Plan.

Recipients of the Advanced Helping Skills 1 Certificate will possess a set of interconnected skills and knowledge that go beyond and enhance the interpersonal helping skills and knowledge that the other Human Services certificates provide. The skills and knowledge that they will gain fall under the following three rubrics: (1) Professional Ethics; (2) Meditation and Mindfulness; and (3) Motivational Interviewing.

The pathway below represents an efficient and effective course taking sequence for this program. Individual circumstances might require some changes to this pathway. It is always recommended that you meet with an academic counselor to develop a personalized educational plan.

Explain the ethical duties of a helping professional regarding confidentiality.

Explain how helping professionals may create resistance and describe one form of non-confrontational communication.

Describe how to meditate.

Program Map

Requirement
GE General Education
E Elective

A major of 9 units is required for the certificate. Required core courses:

9 units
HUSV 112
Motivational Interviewing and Nonconfrontational Approaches
This course presents a non-confrontational communication approach, Motivational Interviewing, designed to facilitate change in people who suffer from substance use, mental health, medical health, and lifestyle problems. The course presents theory and provides opportunities to practice evidence-based communication skills.
            HUSV 126
            Meditation, Mindfulness, and Stress Reduction
            An introduction to the practices of meditation, mindfulness, and stress reduction including their origins in both Western and non-Western cultures, and their physiological and psychological benefits.
                      HUSV 135
                      Ethics for Human Services Professionals
                      An in-depth exploration of professional ethical standards for human services professionals, emphasizing confidentiality, privileged communication, dual/multiple relationships, professional boundaries, issues of abuse and neglect, the responsibilities and duties of professionals in helping relationships, and the differences between personal and professional relationships.