Current research indicates a significant shortage in practitioners specifically trained in mental health evidence-based practices. This 9 hour (3 courses) program trains students to provide evidence-based practices to promote community integration for individuals with mental illness.
Program Overview
Through this certificate program, students learn to promote community integration for individuals with mental illness. You'll focus on evidence-based practices, counseling methods, supported employment, psychopharmacology, consumer empowerment, community resources, supported education, families, stigma, and multicultural and psychosocial issues.
Career Opportunities
Students will be prepared to provide psychiatric rehabilitation support in health care environments including:
Hospitals
Psychiatric rehabilitation centers
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please
Expected June, November 2025
Start date
January 2025
Lewis College of Science and Letters
Pritzker Science Center,
Suite 252,
CHICAGO,
Illinois,
60616, United States
Illinois Tech requires a four-year bachelor's degree conferred with a minimum cumulative undergraduate grade-point average of 3.0/4.0 (or its equivalent) from an accredited institution for regular admission. Individual departments may have different requirements, however.
Minimum Test Score Total for Admission without an Illinois Tech English Language Assessment Requirement
Internet TOEFL - 90+
Paper TOEFL - 600+
IELTS - 6.5+
PTE - 63+
Duolingo English Test - 110+
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
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