Attention focuses on the underserved populations of women, aged, disabled, ethnic-racial, homosexual, adolescent, and military alcoholics. In this context, students will learn necessary techniques of counseling and basic aspects of adolescent addiction. Special emphasis given to how drugs and alcohol affect this development. Examples of disruptive influences on human development and the way human service occupations develop systems and services to minimize these disruptive influences are studied. Students supervised by credentialed instructional staff.
Students learn through supervised participation in agency work.
Semester will emphasize student growth in self-awareness and self esteem, interviewing skills, connections and interrelationships with other core courses, introduction to systems, and the agency and client systems. Current and anticipated impact of alcohol and drug abuse on individual and community health problems and societal institutions and resources integrated into analysis of program management. 3 hours lecture weekly Course addresses the coexistence of chemical dependency and other major psychiatric illnesses. Course will focus on identification and assessment, current treatment approaches, understanding medications, making appropriate referrals, and how addiction counselors may interface with the professional mental health community. Practice 3 units 3 hours lecture weekly Course is intended to offer the student an overview and basic understanding of Employee Assistance Program practice and administration.