Academics

SUNY New Paltz and IDMH invite you to apply to our Advanced Certificate in Trauma and Disaster Mental Health!

The certificate program consists of 15 credits: three required core courses (Disaster Mental Health; Evidence-Based Assessment and Treatment for Trauma; and Assessment and Interventions with Children, Adolescents, and Families), plus two electives to allow students to focus on populations of interest such as: Assisting Vulnerable Populations, Assisting Veterans and First Responders, and Grief, Loss, and Bereavement. The certificate can be completed within one year or extended to accommodate the student's schedule.

 

In order to qualify for the certificate, students must be one of the two:

 

  • Professionals who have already earned a Master of Arts, Master of Science, or higher degree in counseling, social work, or a related field
  • Students who are currently enrolled in master's- or doctoral-level counseling or social work program and who have already completed their first year of coursework or who can demonstrate completion of a graduate-level counseling theories and skills course

 

Our graduate certificate is for those who are interested in the collective and individual effect of disasters on the people we are serving.

If you are an undergraduate student at SUNY New Paltz and are interested, you may be interested in the Disaster Studies Minor, see the Psychology department’s website for more information!


 

Please direct any questions or inquiries for trainings & interviews to the IDMH Graduate Student 
Assistant at idmh@newpaltz.edu or (845)-257-3477