Rio Salado Case Study

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The Addictions and Substance Use Disorders program at Rio Salado (CIP: ? and SOC codes: ?) offers a comprehensive and specialized education in the treatment of addictions. However the MHBS program offers a wider scope of training in mental health, including trauma, crisis stabilization, applied behavior analysis, and infant and early childhood mental health.

The Bachelors in Behavioral Sciences (BHS) at South Mountain Community College and Glendale Community College (CIP: ? and SOC codes: ?) fails to “meet the workforce needs” and provide students with a competitive edge in “seeking sustainable employment.” In fact, the BHS program fails to provide students with any recognized national certifications since the program does not meet the standards of any recognized …show more content…

MHBS also offers practical occupational training, not offered in the BHS program, in case management, applied behavior analysis, psychopharmacology, crisis stabilization, functional behavioral assessments, integrated behavioral health care, infant & early childhood mental health, mental health first aid, applied suicide intervention skills training, and compassion fatigue.

Dr. Aubrey has been working with Dr. Kirk Bowden, Faculty Chair of Addictions and Substance Use Disorders at Rio Salado College. On February 7, 2017, after reviewing the MHBS outline of courses his provided his endorsement and stated, “what you have done looks excellent! It is very important to move forward with the changes.”

Dr. Aubrey has also been working closely with Marjane Maton, (Faculty Chair of Counseling Dept. at GCC), Paul Romo (Assistant Chair of the Counseling Dept. at GCC); and Dr. David Gerkin (Residential Faculty for the Counseling Dept. at GCC) have expressed the need for this program and has provided full

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