Graduate Certificate in Brain Disorders Management - 470 Mohawk College

Use a lifespan approach while building brain plasticity and resilience through a variety of intervention strategies for clients and families.

Program Highlights

First program in Ontario to focus on brain disorders management.
Blended course delivery with in-class and online components.
Prepares you to support clients with brain disorders or work behind the scenes in research, program evaluation and policy or curriculum development.

What you'll learn

Translate information using a variety of mediums including lunch and learn style presentations, seminar discussions, written reports and digital poster displays.
Apply intervention strategies, including such as solution-focused coaching, motivational interviewing and supportive conversation techniques, when working with clients and families.
Receive hands-on experience through a field placement.

Program Length

3 semesters (40 weeks) with classes offered in the evenings (Fall: Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:00 - 8:30pm; Winter: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 5:00 - 8:30pm) using a blended delivery

How you'll gain skills

Engage in a variety of learning styles, including visual, auditory and kinesthetic, through lectures, field trips, hands-on training and guest speakers.
Complete a capstone project that allows students from the Brain Disorders Management and Mental Health and Disability Management programs to work collaboratively, using problem-based learning.
Simulation exercises to build empathy about psychosis and physical elements associated with aging.
Experience a 336 hour unpaid work placement.

Field placements

Field placements may occur at locations that are not accessible by public transit. As such, students shall be expected to either have access to a car or the ability to supply their own transportation when attending field placement activity. Mohawk shall not be responsible for providing students with transportation to field placements within or outside the Hamilton region
Registered students who have been convicted of an offence under the criminal code for which they have not been pardoned may be denied the opportunity to enter placement
Students may be required to complete various Immunizations and Disease Screening protocols required by some field placement agencies

Your future career options

Support clients with brain disorders including those with autism, dementia, stroke and concussion through cognitive and physical rehabilitation, and life skills training.
Conduct research, program evaluation and policy or curriculum development involving brain disorders.
Work as part of a multidisciplinary team in a variety of private, non-profit and government settings.

Where you could work includes:

Rehabilitation Clinics
Athletic Centres
Hospitals
Research Institutions
Schools and School Boards
Retirement Homes
Non-Profits