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Education & Human Services
COUNSELING & MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Human Services
10-520-3
Associate Degree•68 Credits•Financial Aid Eligible•Appleton
Full Time•A Northcentral Technical College program offered at FVTC.
The Human Services associate degree program will train you to provide education, support, care, advocacy and/or crisis intervention in a human service agency. You'll acquire the skills needed to work with individuals, groups and communities. Key components of this degree include: cultural awareness and an understanding of diverse cultural groups, a responsible attitude, commitment to serve others and effective communication skills. You'll gain occupational experience through Internship 1 and Internship 2 or will engage in the community through Service Learning. Note: this program does not lead directly to State licensure to practice counseling.
For details: www.fvtc.edu/Programs/Shared-Programs
Human Services Assistant
31-520-1
Technical Diploma•28 Credits•Financial Aid Eligible•Appleton
Full Time•A Northcentral Technical College program offered at FVTC.
The Human Services Assistant technical diploma is ideal if you’re looking to assist and provide client services in a wide variety of fields such as psychology, rehabilitation or social work, including support families. This technical diploma will provide you with strong skills in interviewing, communicating, building rapport for trusting relationships and counseling techniques for professions where this is key. Upon graduation, you’ll be able to assist clients in identifying and obtaining available benefits and social and community services. You’ll also be able to assist social workers with developing, organizing and conducting programs to prevent and resolve problems relevant to substance abuse, human relationships, rehabilitation or dependent care. As an embedded technical diploma, this program ladders fully into the Human Services associate degree program. Note: the Human Services Assistant program does not lead directly to State licensure to practice counseling.
For details: www.fvtc.edu/Programs/Shared-Programs
Substance Use Disorder Counseling
10-550-1
Associate Degree•60 Credits•Financial Aid Eligible•Appleton
Time of Day: Evening•Full Time
Help people break free from the grip of substance abuse. In this rewarding career, you’ll work with a team of health and social services professionals to provide Substance Use Disorder Counseling services. Through classroom, laboratory and internship experience, you’ll develop skills in assessment, counseling, diagnosis, treatment planning, group facilitation, documentation and crisis management. You’ll also learn how to respect clients' rights, develop professional ethics and understand the complexity of substance use disorders. This degree prepares you for a variety of opportunities in licensed substance use disorder treatment facilities such as clinics, hospitals and community residential facilities, as well as correctional facilities, and various community and social service agencies. Career
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Want to continue your education beyond an associate degree?
Most programs offer transfer agreements with four-year colleges and universities. See page 16 for more information.
EARLY CHILDHOOD & K12 EDUCATION
Assistant Teacher
30-307-6
Technical Diploma•18 Credits•Financial Aid Eligible•Appleton
Time of Day: Day•Full Time
The Assistant Teacher technical diploma will prepare you to work as a program assistant in a variety of early childhood settings. This degree is perfect for individuals working with children three to five years of age. You’ll learn all about child development, positive strategies to guide behavior, safety and nutrition as well as social studies, art, music and movement curriculum development. Completion of this certificate will place you at Registry Level 9.
Career Opportunities
Assistant Teacher Preschool Assistant School Age Assistant Occupational
Also Offered in Accelerated Format
Love being around children? This degree program provides you with skills specific to developing and supervising young children. You'll learn about child development, relationships, behavior and diversity. You'll also learn how to create curriculum and give children positive guidance. Gain skills in observation and assessment, health, safety and nutrition. Throughout the program, you will apply what you're learning in actual early childhood settings. Your career in early childhood education is just a hop, skip and jump away.
Career and Technical Education Instruction
10-522-6 Associate Degree•67 Credits•Financial Aid Eligible•Appleton
Time of Day: Day•Full Time
The Career and Technical Education Instruction program will prepare you to teach technology education/industrial arts programs at various educational levels. You’ll gain skills in areas like welding, construction, automotive, engineering, manufacturing, as well as teaching curriculum. Upon graduation, you’ll be prepared to teach occupational, vocational, career or technical subjects to students at the middle and secondary school levels. Career
Career on all FVTC programs: www.fvtc.edu/Programs