Education
The history of education services at MCC began with the formation of the organization. MCC was founded so that both mental health professionals and the Gay and Lesbian mental health consumers who sought their services would learn that being Gay or Lesbian was not a mental illness that needed to be cured.
Within
four years of MCC's beginnings, AIDS appeared on the public health radar
screen. Since then, MCC has educated our clients, health care providers,
public officials, and the community-at-large about the facts and myths
of HIV and AIDS.
Similarly, MCC has always provided education about chemical dependency
and substance abuse. Our education programs on this subject continue to focus
on the special circumstances and issues which need to be addressed for
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender people who use and abuse drugs
and alcohol.
Today our Education Program, funded in part by the Department of State Health Service - Substance Abuse Services and registration fees, provides education and training not only to GLBT community members and their allies, but to the greater Houston metropolitan area as a whole. We provide current and accessible information on HIV, sexually transmitted infections, chemical dependency, hepatitis and tuberculosis, and offer seminars on issues such as homophobia, heterosexism and cultural sensitivity. MCC also offers Anti-Violence Education. These services are provided to prisons, half-way houses, inpatient and outpatient recovery centers, schools, social organizations, businesses and corporations, community and neighborhood groups, health care and legal professionals, churches and families.
MCC offers Continuing Education Units for LCDC's, LBSW's, LMSW's, LCSW's and LPC's.
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