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Sep 01, 2024
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Catalog 2024-2025
Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Practitioner Certificate
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Short Description
The Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Practitioner certificate emphasizes the knowledge, skills, and abilities to work with underserved youth and their families in a variety of community and residential settings.
Type of Credential
Credit Certificate
Contacts and Additional Information
Program Director:
Ted McCadden, D.Ed., LCADC
443-840-3783 or tmccadden@ccbcmd.edu
Additional Information:
- Statewide program (Note: The Human Services Generalist Certificate is not designated as a Statewide program.)
- The Human Services Counseling A.A.S. degree and all related certificates are offered both face to face and fully (100%) online.
- Opportunities for Prior Learning Assessment - see Portfolio, Departmental Exam, and DSST Examination. Several General Education classes also have Prior Learning Assessment opportunities.
- Articulation and Transfer Agreements
- Graduates of the Behavioral Health Counseling Area of Concentration are academically eligible to apply for certification as a Certified Supervised Counselor-Alcohol and Drug and will be required to pass the NCAC-1 Exam in their application process.
Disclosures
CCBC cannot confirm whether the course or program meets requirements for professional licensure in states other than Maryland. If you plan to apply for licensure in a state other than Maryland, contact that state’s licensing board to determine whether the CCBC course or program meets requirements for licensure in that state. If you need assistance finding contact information for your state, click here .
Curriculum Maps
Curriculum Maps are a tool to provide students with a clear understanding of which courses to take and the order in which to complete them. Curriculum Maps help define a student’s individual path towards graduation, ensuring their time and efforts are not spent on credits that fall outside their program of study.
Each map identifies critical courses that must be completed in order to progress through the program and graduate. Curriculum Maps come complete with helpful hints for students - like recommended course electives and a reminder to apply to graduate.
Select the link(s) below to view the Curriculum Map(s) for this program:
Semester Sequence
This is a suggested full-time schedule for a student who has completed any developmental course work and has no transfer credits.
Courses Needed for This Program*
Program Requirements and Electives - 21 Credits
Total Number of Credits Required for Certificate: 21*
Note
*Credit students who are new to college (no successfully completed transferable college credits from other institutions) are required to take ACDV 101 - Academic Development 101 . This 1-credit course is designed to be taken in the first semester at CCBC. Students must provide an official transcript(s) from an accredited institution to document successful completion of college coursework for the ACDV 101 requirement to be waived.
Program Description
The Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Practitioner certificate emphasizes the knowledge, skills, and abilities to work with underserved youth and their families in a variety of community and residential settings.
Program Outcomes
Upon completion of this certificate, students will:
- utilize a variety of counseling skills and abilities to function effectively as counselors in a variety of settings;
- assess and document a client’s current status and apply basic therapeutic techniques;
- develop, prioritize, and implement a plan to address a client’s presenting problem;
- conduct themselves professionally and ethically as counselors in culturally-diverse settings; and,
- express themselves professionally, both verbally and in writing, to a variety of audiences, including clients, other professionals, and external monitoring agencies.
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