Behavioral Health: Patient Navigator

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Program Description

The Patient Navigator micro-credential ensures students are prepared to support clients in identifying resources as well as navigating behavioral healthcare services and systems. Patient navigators will focus on promoting client health and wellbeing. While not directly providing services, patient navigators are equipped with skills and competencies from this pathway that include:

Empathy and Cultural Competency
CPR and Assessment of Basic Vital Signs
Understanding of Behavioral Healthcare Systems
Exceptional Interpersonal Communication Skills
Boundaries around Self-Disclosure

This micro-credential/certificate will stack to either the Behavioral Health: Addiction Recovery AAS or the Behavioral Health: Mental Health & Social Work AAS

Total Credits: 12

HPR 1000 - Introduction to Health Credit(s): 3
BEH 2030 - Applied Therapeutic Communication Skills Credit(s): 3
SOC 1001 - Introduction to Sociology I: GT-SS3 Credit(s): 3
BEH 1001 - Mental Health Crisis and Intervention: Preparedness and Emp Credit(s): 3