Core Courses

This course is designed to introduce the student to concepts of psychological principles and theories to everyday life. Topics include: personality, behavioral change, stress and coping, interpersonal communication, relationships, gender and sexuality, and diversity and individual differences. Differences of development across the human lifespan; emotions, stress, mental disorders and therapies will be discussed.

This course prepares the learner to begin integrating skills and training into care of the clients. Creating a comfortable therapeutic milieu in regard to equipment needed for clinical setting, cleaning of equipment between client use is discussed. Other topics include proper documentation, ethics, scope of practice, marketing for referrals.

This course is designed to introduce the student to basic concepts of anatomy & physiology of the human body. Structure & function of the body in health will be presented . Additional information on the processes of disease will also be reviewed. This is a self-paced course involving student review and comprehension of text, review of study guide and written submission of specific questions designed to integrated course objectives.