Programme Information
About the Certificate Programme
- Courses (37.5 hours of contact).
- Course offerings per summer vary.
- Courses will be taught by internationally recognized experts in the field of dual diagnosis.
Methods and Levels of Certification and Credit
- Each course represents a certificate course on the selected topic.
- Four courses comprise credit toward a Core-Level Certificate in Habilitative Mental Health.
- Additional levels of certification in Clinical applications and Leadership and Supervision can be obtained by taking additional courses (2 each).
- Some content of this programme may apply to the M.A. in Child and Youth Studies, MA in Applied Disability Studies and Master of Applied Disability Studies, Brock University, Ontario, or the M.S. in Mental Health Counseling from Niagara University, New York, with faculty advisement. In order to be eligible for the graduate credit, students must apply and register as a student at the university of their choice. For graduate level status, there are additional readings and course assignments to fulfill the graduate requirements.
Core Advisory Faculty
Coordinators
- Dorothy Griffiths, C.M., O. Ont., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Child and Youth Studies, Brock University
- Frances Owen, Ph.D., C. Psych., Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Child and Youth Studies, Brock University
- Maurice Feldman, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Child and Youth Studies, Brock University
- William I. Gardner, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin
- Shannon Hodges, Ph.D., Niagara University
- Robert King, MD, F.R.C.P., Psychiatrist, North Bay Psychiatric Hospital
- Jacqueline Murphy, Ed.D., Associate Professor, Niagara University
