Topics covered include work behaviors of drug and alcohol abusers, confrontation strategies, program development, supervisory training, and assessment and referral procedures. For each classification of psychoactive drugs, students examine the historical patterns of use and development, the physiological mechanisms of action, and the various effects resulting from drug use. Topics may include treatment interventions, client-treatment matching, treatment efficacy, special populations, and clinical issues. May be repeated for credit with a different topic . ADDS521, ADDS522, or ADDS505 or equivalent.
Students learn about the impact that drinking and drug use can have on family life.
They also learn how family systems, in turn, may enable addictive drinking or drug use to continue. Considers current prevention strategies and future prospects of prevention programming. ADDS521, ADDS522, or ADDS505 or equivalent. Group process issues and dynamics will be reviewed. Group interventions will be demonstrated and practiced.