NKU Training and Development Center
In keeping with NKU’s core value of community engagement, the Training and Development Center (TDC) is a unique community-based service and training program that provides low-cost mental health services to underserved residents of Northern Kentucky. The program is operated by the Department of Counseling, Human Services and Social Work and serves as a high quality training site for NKU students. In collaboration with NKU faculty, community mental health, criminal justice, addiction services, and other social service agencies, the TDC provides practicum and internship training and professional develop experiences for students while assisting clients who would otherwise fall through cracks in the existing service systems.
The TDC is currently collaborating with the Northern Kentucky Regional Mental Health Court, NKU's Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice, and ten Northern Kentucky human service organizations to provide diagnostic assessment and mental health treatment services to participants in the Mental Health Court program. With funding from a Greater Cincinnati Health Foundation grant, the Training and Development Center (TDC) provides diagnostic assessment for all persons referred to the Court and counseling and case management services to those cannot otherwise access these services. This project was initiated in November 2008 and, to date, the TDC has served over 70 clients.
Counseling, Human Services, and Social Work students from NKU can gain professional experience at the TDC providing diagnostic assessments, group and individual counseling, and case management services to clients of the Center. Students can also learn administrative skills and how various local community service systems function to address the needs of persons with co-existing mental health, medical, criminal justice and substance abuse issues.
Students interested in field placement or internship experiences with the TDC may contact their faculty internship coordinator for more information or contact the TDC directly at 859-391-3797 for more information.
For more information about the TDC, click here or contact the program director, David Wilkerson, at 859-760-5099.
For more information about the Northern Kentucky Regional Mental Health Court, visit the website http://www.nkyrmhc.org/
