MHRT/C Learning Outcomes

MHT 104: Community Mental Health

• Understands family theory, developmental theory, human development across the life span, counseling theories, and crisis theory
  
• Knowledgeable about collaborative planning with people with psychiatric disabilities including the following: goal setting, skill assessment and training, and linking with supports in the community
  
• Understands Maine’s laws regarding mental health recipients’ rights
  
• Knowledge of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
  
• Understands benefit and entitlement programs
  
• Knowledgeable about etiology, progression, and treatment of major disabling conditions
  
• Understands interaction of co-occurring medical issues
  
• Understands role of medication in symptom management
  
• Understands basic social services and entitlements
  
• Knowledge of community provider system
  
• Aware of the need to act as a contributing member of an interdisciplinary team
  
• Knowledge of confidentiality
  
• Interacts effectively with community members and other professionals