Certificate in Child and Adolescent Studies

Mental Health Counseling students may obtain a Specialization Certificate in Child and Adolescent Studies. The requirements for this certificate include three courses focusing on the theory and practice of counseling minors and field experience in an appropriate community setting. A certificate will be awarded to students who make appropriate admissions application and maintain 3.0 G.P.A.

St. Thomas University offers the following eighteen (18) credit hours (six courses):

CPS 720 Lifespan Development
CPS 734 Therapeutic Issues of Infancy and Childhood
CPS 737 Therapeutic Issues of Adolescence
CPS 710 Play Therapy
CPS 790 Field Experience I
CPS 791 Field Experience II 
    or
CPS 795 Field Experience III