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.
Alcoholism and substance abuse counselors help alcoholics and substance abusers overcome addiction and establish a more adaptive life-style. Counselors may help the client with initial detoxification; with psychological adjustment to the loss of alcohol and/or drugs by means of individual, group, family and marital counseling; with engagement in a self-help group such as Alcoholics Anonymous and/or Narcotics Anonymous, Gamblers Anonymous, Sex and...
The AAS Degree Addictions Studies is ideal for prospective mental health practitioners or those already working in the field who wish to receive training and credentials in Addictions Studies. A core program of four courses in Addictions Studies is offered in conjunction with classes in social service and human growth and development, followed by a one-semester practicum in an appropriate clinical setting. Many Addictions Studies practitioners find...
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...
The Human Services program provides beginning professional training for human service agency jobs. This program is approved by the Council on Standards in Human Service Education.
Program Requirements Human 1100 Introduction to Human Services...................4
Human 1113 Interpersonal Dynamics ................................4
Human 1114 Contemporary Treatment Approaches..........3
Human 1115 Behavior Modification...................................4
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