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.
Chemical Dependency Counseling program is designed to prepare students as paraprofessionals in the field of alcohol and substance abuse treatment. The program is also designed to provide continuing education for individuals presently working in the field. The curriculum is liberal arts based with a concentration in alcohol and drug specialization courses. Coursework is enhanced with two supervised clinical internships.
Chemical Dependency Counseling (A.A.S.) provides training and preparation for students wishing to become a Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC). The program provides students with knowledge and skills for employment and includes an internship. In addition to communication, case management and crisis intervention skills, the program includes core liberal arts requirements to facilitate transfer to a four-year institution,...
Program Description Substance abuse in this nation takes many forms, which interfere with the health, social, psychological and economic functioning of the user. There are reported cases of adolescent abuse of drugs, family addiction, and various minority populations suffer various forms of drug abuse. Women have increasingly been involved in substance abuse, and the general population of our nation, by age and by region, have used and abused drugs....
Finger Lakes Community College offers a two-year program leading to the Associate in Applied Science in Chemical Dependency degree. This degree program educates and trains students to work as counselors with alcoholics and addicts. Students receive substantial practical
experience as well as course work. Three hundred hours of field experience in settings such as rehabilitation centers, clinics, hospitals, health agencies, and governmental units is...
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