UAA PACE, 500-Level Upper Division Course

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COURSE OVERVIEW

This course explores the range of student mental health issues, both hidden and visible, in classrooms today, including behavior disorders, internalizing disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and related  conditions such as substance abuse and suicide. Learn about the crisis in our schools surrounding mental health care for students, and make recommendations for improvement in your school or district. You will also explore suggestions for accommodation and modification for students who experience mental health disorders.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Reflect on assumptions and insights of practitioners, researchers and self, specific to student mental health in professional practice.
• Understand the signs and symptoms of a variety of mental health disorders.
• Support students with mental illness and increase the likelihood of success in the classroom.
• Locate support systems and connect colleagues, students, families and self to critical resources in local, state, and national agencies.
• Analyze and recommend changes to current mental health practices in schools.
• Recommend strategies for addressing suicide and suicide prevention.

Course Syllabus This is a preview syllabus only.  The official syllabus will be provided to you with your login information.

• Methods of Instruction - Videos, readings and written responses.  No quizzes, midterms or finals. All readings are within the online environment.
• Course Grading Rubric

Grade Levels: K-12

IMPORTANT DATES & INFORMATION

This Teaching Channel course is fully self-paced—you may register and begin at any time.

Current Session

• Registration Deadline: October 15, 2026 
• Coursework Due: November 15, 2026 (you may finish earlier) 
• Grades Released: September 2, 2026
  Please allow up to two weeks from this date—or from your completion date thereafter—for your grade to be processed and delivered to ASDN. 

Next Session

• Registration opens October 16, 2026, with coursework due April 15, 2027, and grades released beginning January 2, 2027. 

Cancellation Policy
You may cancel within one week of registration. A $100 cancellation fee will apply.

Extensions or transfers are not permitted.

TUITION

$215 Subscriber

$265 Non-Subscriber

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You may pay with Visa or MasterCard.

PROVIDER DETAILS

Contact the Teaching Channel directly for questions specific to coursework.  Email: instructor@teachingchannel.com or call at 1-877-394-4930.  Contact ASDN for registration or transcript questions.