Associate degrees in Substance Abuse + Addiction Counseling: A program that prepares individuals to help prevent substance abuse, counsel individuals and families with drug and alcohol problems, and perform intervention and therapeutic services for persons suffering from addiction. Includes instruction in individual and group counseling skills, psychology of addiction, sociology, crisis intervention, substance abuse identification methodologies, substance abuse treatment modalities, substance abuse prevention and treatment resources, pharmacology and behavioral aspects of abused substances, treatment evaluation, patient observation and education, group dynamics, professional standards and ethics, and applicable law and regulations.
Central Texas College Associate degree Chemical Dependency | Central Texas College |
First Year
First Semester
PSYT 1329 Interviewing and Communication Skills
DAAC 1319 Introduction to Alcohol and Other Drug Addictions
DAAC 1304 Pharmacology of Addiction
PSYC 1300 Learning Frameworks
PSYT 1309 Health Psychology
Second Semester
DAAC 1309 Assessment Skills of Alcohol and Other Drug Addictions
ENGL 1301 Composition I
CMSW 1309 Problems of Children and Adolescents
DAAC 1311 Counseling Theories
PSYC 2301 General... |
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