Mental Health and Well-Being
In every career and community, understanding mental health matters. Whether you plan to work in education, healthcare, or social services, this certificate equips you with practical skills to recognize, respond to, and support mental health needs. You’ll explore the factors that shape well-being, learn strategies to promote resilience, and gain hands-on skills to help others thrive.
Prepared to Make a Difference
The mental health and well-being certificate provides a strong foundation in understanding mental health, wellness strategies, and supportive practices. This certificate program will transform how you see and serve people by building essential competencies for recognizing and responding to mental health needs.
You will learn to realize the signs and symptoms of individuals in need of mental health services, including substance use disorders, acute crisis situations, and severe and persistent mental illness. You will also explore current best practices in mental health service delivery across multiple disciplines.
The program emphasizes practical application, teaching you to evaluate and implement personalized well-being strategies that meet each person's unique mental health needs.
Program Details
Not every university can boast about having quality research experiences for their undergraduate students. Here, Blugolds have the opportunity to work alongside faculty and engage in fascinating discoveries. For this certificate, that research might be focused on bettering society, and you could eventually present those findings at local and international research conferences.
Annual on-campus Career Conferences and a Non-Profit and Government Career Fair bring potential employers right to you. These events are excellent opportunities to network and submit your resume for current and future job openings.
Courses throughout the certificate are socially and personally relevant, preparing you for meaningful work following graduation. Coursework within the program will help you to make important connections between your learning, your own life and your professional development for post-graduation. Through curriculum such as projects, discussions, and presentations, you’ll explore the interdisciplinary and critical perspectives in solving one of the most profound issues of modern times.
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This certificate requires 12 credits of coursework, and the majority of courses are chosen by you. You'll explore a wide variety of curriculum, from learning how social, cultural, and environmental factors impact mental health to understanding best practices in providing support services.
Here are a few courses in Mental Health and Well-Being at UW-Eau Claire.
SW 389
Understanding Trauma
This course is focused on the concept of trauma, the impact of trauma on the well-being of individuals, and how to engage with others in a trauma-informed manner. The course is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of individuals who plan to work in health, human service, or educational settings.
SW 360
Death and Bereavement
Through the study of current theory and research, this interdisciplinary course is designed to facilitate student understanding of death and bereavement from a lifespan, family, and cultural perspective.
SW 490
Mental Health and Substance Abuse
This course will provide basic knowledge and skills necessary to practice effective generalist social work practice for those with mental health concerns and substance use.
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