Learning outcomes are statements of knowledge, skills and
abilities an individual student possesses and can demonstrate upon
completion of a program of study. Students graduating from the
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program at Gannon University
are expected to achieve the following learning outcomes:
- Professional Identity – Demonstrate understanding of
professional counselor identity, counselor roles, professional
ethics, and counselor development.
- Social and Cultural Diversity – Demonstrate multicultural
competencies including awareness, knowledge, and skills
related to cultural context of self and others.
- Human Growth and Development – Demonstrate knowledge
of human behavior and needs of individuals at all developmental
levels and apply this knowledge within the counseling
relationship.
- Career Development – Demonstrate knowledge of career
development and career counseling processes and apply this
knowledge within the counseling relationship.
- Helping Relationships – Demonstrate knowledge of counseling
theories and skills and apply this knowledge to the development
of therapeutic relationships in the counseling and consultation
process.
- Group Work – Demonstrate a theoretical and experiential
understanding of group dynamics and group counseling
methods.
- Assessment – Demonstrate knowledge of assessment
instruments, methods, and diagnosis and apply this knowledge
within the counseling relationship.
- Research and Program Evaluation – Demonstrate knowledge
of research methods, statistical analysis, needs assessment, and
program evaluation and apply this knowledge to the counseling
and consultation processes.
- Clinical Mental Health Counseling – Demonstrate clinical
counseling skills, case conceptualization skills, and the
assessment and treatment of mental and emotional disorders and
conditions consistent with the CACREP Clinical Mental Health
Counseling curriculum content and the counseling profession.
- Reflective Learning – Demonstrate self-awareness and self-
development through engagement in active learning and
reflectivity.