Addictions and Mental Health

Program Information

The Addictions and Mental Health Graduate Certificate program will empower students with the knowledge and skills needed for a rewarding career. Learn to deliver responsive, culturally relevant, client-centred assessment and treatment to diverse individuals and groups. Practice ways to effectively collaborate and transform lives as a valuable part of a professional support team.

Students will acquire the knowledge, skills and abilities required by front-line workers and supervisors in order to deliver effective addictions and mental health services while promoting empowerment, self-determination and optimum quality of life to individuals with addictions and mental health issues.

Recovery principles, empowerment practice, and the impact of early and ongoing trauma in the lives of individuals across the lifespan are examined in the curriculum.
Students will have an opportunity to provide evidence-informed clinical and educational services to diverse individuals and groups experiencing addictions and mental health related challenges.

Credentials Ontario College Graduate Certificate

Residency Students must complete a minimum number of credits in this program with their registering college to meet the Program Residency requirement to graduate from the program.

Completion All courses must be completed within 5 years of acceptance into the program.

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Delivery Part-time fully online

Host college code:
1438

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Conestoga College
Email : OntarioLearn@conestogac.on.ca

299 Doon Valley Drive
Kitchener, ON
N2G 4M4

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