Course

Psychosocial Rehabilitation Practitioner Competencies

Faculty
Humanities & Social Sciences
Department
Psychology
Course code
PSYC 5003
Credits
3.00
Semester length
15
Max class size
30
Method(s) of instruction
Lecture
Hybrid
Typically offered
To be determined

Overview

Course description
This course identifies and develops the basic competencies required by practitioners to provide PSR services.
Course content

Practitioner Competencies:

  • Communication skills
  • Rehabilitation Readiness for Practitioners
  • Functional Assessment
  • Setting SMART (Specific, Measurable, Action Oriented/Achievable, Responsible, Time limited) Rehabilitation Goals
  • Direct Skills teaching
  • Case Management
  • Documentation
  • Evaluating success/ Quality Improvement
  • Understanding and resolving ethical and legal issues
  • Diversity and Cultural Competence
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
Learning activities

This course will employ a number of in-class and on-line instructional methods to accomplish  its objectives, including some of the following: 

  1. Lecture
  2. On-line instruction and activities
  3. Group discussion/chat 
  4. In-class activities (e.g., role play)
  5. Video demonstrations
Means of assessment

Evaluation will be carried out in accordance with Douglas College policy. Evaluation will be based on the course objectives. The instructor will provide a written course outline with specific evaluation criteria at the beginning of the semester. An example of one evaluation scheme is as follows:

In-class exams (4)                              70%

Term paper or project                          20%

Student presentation                            10%

                                                        100%

Learning outcomes

Students will acquire the basic competencies to provide PSR services to persons living with serious mental illness.

Textbook materials

Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students

Corrigan P.W., Mueser K.T., Bond GR, Drake R.E., Solomon P. (2008) Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Rehabilitation. An Empirical Approach. Guildford Press: New York. ISBN 1-59385-489-7

Requisites

Prerequisites

No prerequisite courses.

Corequisites

No corequisite courses.

Equivalencies

No equivalent courses.

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers to Other Institutions

Below are current transfer agreements from Douglas College to other institutions for the current course guidelines only. For a full list of transfer details and archived courses, please see the BC Transfer Guide.

Institution Transfer details for PSYC 5003
Acsenda School of Management (ASM) ASM GEN 3XX (3)
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) KPU PSYC 4910 (3)
Okanagan College (OC) OC PSYC 3XX (3)
Simon Fraser University (SFU) SFU PSYC 3XX (3)
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) No credit
University Canada West (UCW) UCW PSYC 3XX (3)
University of Northern BC (UNBC) UNBC PSYC 2XX (3)
Vancouver Community College (VCC) VCC PSYC 2XXX (3)

Course Offerings

Fall 2025

CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum seats
30
Currently enrolled
17
Remaining seats:
13
On waitlist
0
Building
Online
Room
ONLINE
Times:
Start Time
18:30
-
End Time
21:20
Section notes

PSYC 5003 050 is an online course restricted to PSR Program students. Students should be available online Thursday from 1830 - 2120 PST. This course will include synchronous on-line activities. Students should plan to be available on-line at scheduled course times.