Employment Directions for Mental Health Education Majors

What is the professional code 570116K?

Mental health education mainly studies basic theoretical knowledge of psychology, and has the ability to teach and research mental health education, psychological consultation and counseling, and strong Interpersonal communication skills. Able to effectively use professional knowledge and skills to predict and control psychological phenomena according to the needs of different industries, groups of people and social practice. For example: group psychological counseling, individual psychological counseling, mental health education teaching and training guidance and statistical measurement of mental health health. Keywords: What to learn in psychological counseling, communication and counseling

"General Psychology", "Development Psychology", "Educational Psychology", "Social Psychology", "Personality Psychology", "Abnormal Psychology" ", "Principles and Methods of Psychological Counseling", "Psychological Counseling Practice", "Group Psychological Counseling", "Common Psychological Problems of Primary School Students and Their Counseling", "Primary School Mental Health Education Curriculum Design", "Learning Psychological Counseling", "Family Education" Guidance", "Psychological Measurement and Statistics", "School Psychological Counseling" What to do

Educational institutions: mental health education teachers, mental health counseling, psychological consultation, psychotherapy, psychological assessment, statistical measurement. Detailed explanation

The basic duration of study is three years. Occupational orientation

It is aimed at primary school mental health educators, kindergarten mental health educators and other occupations. Training goal orientation

This major cultivates the comprehensive development of moral, intellectual, physical, artistic and labor skills, masters a solid scientific and cultural foundation, ideological and political theory, basic education and teaching theory, psychological knowledge, etc., and possesses good humanistic and scientific literacy. and innovation awareness, strong curriculum design and implementation, class construction and management, digital education technology application, lifelong learning and other abilities, with craftsman spirit and information literacy, able to engage in high-quality education work such as teaching mental health education in primary schools and kindergartens who. Main professional ability requirements

1. Have the ability to design, implement and evaluate mental health education courses; 2. Have the ability to plan and organize campus mental health education activities, and be able to use multiple channels to target children and parents Ability to spread and popularize mental health knowledge among teachers and teachers; 3. Ability to carry out various forms of individual psychological counseling online and offline, and design and implement group psychological counseling; 4. Ability to evaluate different psychological problems of children, and carry out prevention and treatment of children's psychological crises. The ability to intervene and carry out corresponding work according to the severity of the problem; 5. Have the ability to carry out children's mental health assessment work, and have the ability to establish and manage psychological files; 6. Have the necessary information technology and master the field of mental health education Digital teaching skills, the ability to adapt to the digital development of mental health education; 7. Basic digital skills to adapt to the needs of intelligent and digital development, and professional information technology capabilities in the field of primary education; 8. Master the skills related to professional activities in this major Comply with national laws and industry regulations, abide by teachers’ professional ethics and codes of conduct, and have a sense of social responsibility and a sense of responsibility; 9. Have the ability to explore learning, lifelong learning and sustainable development. Main professional courses and practical training

Professional basic courses: basics of psychology, basics of pedagogy, classroom management, teachers’ professional ethics, application of digital educational technology, teachers’ speaking and writing skills, and children’s psychological development and growth.

Basic professional courses: mental health education curriculum design and implementation, mental health education popularization practice, individual psychological counseling theory and technology, group psychological counseling theory and technology, psychological problem identification and response, psychological crisis prevention and intervention , psychological measurement and assessment, psychological work professional ethics.

Internship training: Connect with real professional scenarios or work situations, and conduct practical training on basic teacher skills, basic subject professional skills, simulated teaching, educational practice, graduation projects, etc. inside and outside the school. Conduct on-the-job internships in primary schools, kindergarten education and training institutions, communities and other units or places.

Examples of vocational certificates Vocational qualification certificates: teacher qualifications

Examples of continuation majors Examples of continuation of higher vocational undergraduate majors: No continuation of ordinary undergraduate majors: Psychology, applied psychology, elementary school Education, preschool education

Examples of continuing undergraduate majors

Employment rate 65-70 2020 76-80 2021

Male to female ratio 11 boys 89 girls

Offer courses in psychology, pedagogy, educational psychology, school mental health education, developmental psychology, child psychological development, social psychology, abnormal psychology, counseling psychology, psychometrics, etc. Other information:

Mental health education mainly studies the basic theoretical knowledge of psychology, and has the teaching and research abilities of mental health education, the educational and teaching abilities of psychological consultation and counseling, and strong interpersonal communication skills. Able to effectively use professional knowledge and skills to predict and control psychological phenomena according to the needs of different industries, groups of people and social practice. Employment direction for mental health education majors: First, primary and secondary schools. Documents issued by the Ministry of Education clearly point out that it is necessary to strengthen mental health education in primary and secondary schools, strengthen the standardized construction of psychological consultation rooms (counseling rooms) in primary and secondary schools, help students cultivate good psychological moral character, and promote the healthy growth of primary and secondary school students. Second, early childhood education centers. Based on the relevant knowledge of developmental psychology and on the basis of understanding the development of fetuses, infants and young children's movement, perception, memory, language, thinking, socialization and other aspects, we provide early education training and assistance to parents of infants and young children. Third, community. Based on the psychological knowledge and related skills they have learned, community workers can be responsible for the mental health and prevention of residents, carry out lectures and heart-to-heart talk activities, and help residents mediate disputes and solve problems in life, marriage and employment. Employment prospects for mental health education majors. Students who have graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology can choose to take a mental health education teacher qualification certificate. After graduation, they can try for the position of psychology teacher in primary and secondary schools. Recently, the country has attached great importance to the issue of students' mental health. Many schools are recruiting for the position of psychology teacher, and the salary is the same as that of other ordinary teachers. The demand for psychology teachers like this will increase. Government agencies that recruit psychology majors for civil servants are generally in the public security system, such as public security bureaus, labor camps, prisons, drug rehabilitation centers, etc. A psychology professor I know was hired to work part-time in the public security system. In the public security system, students majoring in psychology are still quite scarce, and their remuneration is not bad. Among the many employment directions, psychology students are the most popular in corporate employment, and their remuneration is relatively good.