ACP 111 ORIENTATION
TO HUMAN SERVICES
By
Request
This course examines case management practices
in human services organizations. Topics
covered include: Ethics and professional responsibilities, case management
definitions, cultural competency, and effective communication skills.
Credit:
3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s)s: None
ACP 120 CURRENT TRENDS IN SOCIAL
SERVICES
By
Request
This course is a continuation of ACP 111 and
examines current case management practices in human services
organizations. Topics covered include:
Documentation, intake activities, social histories, assessments, development of
services plans, and termination of cases.
Credit:
3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): Orientation to Human Services-ACP 111
ACP 125 INTRODUCTION TO ADDICTIONS COUNSELING
Fall
An overview of historical and cultural
attitudes toward drug abuse, this course probes the disease concept of chemical
dependency. The interaction
of physical, psychological and social aspects, as well as clinical methods of
treatment, early intervention and prevention are studied.
Credit:
4 hours - Four lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
ACP 126 PHARMACOLOGY
FOR ADDICTIONS COUNSELOR
Fall
This course introduces the student to the
pharmacology, physiology, and biochemical principles necessary to understand
the effects of the nature, action, and use of drugs with emphasis on
applications to addictions counseling.
Credit:
4 hours - Four lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
ACP 127 CLINICAL
SKILLS FOR ADDICTIONS COUNSELOR
Spring
This lab course presents an applied skills
approach to interviewing techniques, assessment, individual and group
counseling, and development of effective objectives and methods in addictions
treatment.
Credit:
4 hours - Four lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor
ACP 128 ADDICTIONS COUNSELING I
Spring
This course explores a multitude of factors
that comprise addiction, and a variety of methods of treating the chemically dependent person. Topics covered are denial, relapse, legal
issues, and individual, group and family counseling.
Credit:
4 hours - Four lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): Pharmacology for Addictions Counselor-ACP 126
or consent of instructor.
ACP 129 ADDICTIONS COUNSELING II
Summer
This advanced addictions counseling class will
explore in greater depth issues related to the treatment of chemically dependent people. Discussion will include advanced pharmacodynamics
of addictions, sexuality and addictions, planning intervention, application of
special populations and employee assistance programs.
Credit:
4 hours - Four lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): Pharmacology for Addictions Counselor-ACP 126
and Addictions Counseling I- ACP 128 or consent of instructor
ACP 197 FIELD STUDY IN HUMAN
SERVICES
Spring
This course will provide instruction in the
following areas: local agencies, or
institutions, police departments, juvenile courts, detention home, halfway
houses, public schools, and related agencies or institutions.
Credit:
3 hours - Two lecture and two lab hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): Orientation to Humans Services-ACP 111 and
Current Trends in Social Services-ACP 120
ACP 217 GROUP DYNAMICS AND SOCIAL
RELATIONS
Fall
The objective of this course is to teach the
psychology of mobs and mob interaction.
It will study organized mobs such as gangs and their spontaneous
control.
Credit:
3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
ACP 291 PRACTICUM
IN HUMAN SERVICES
Summer
In this course, the student will put into
practice the various kinds of skills that he/she has acquired during his/her
previous educational experiences. The
student will write periodic reports describing his/her activities and will have
regular conferences with the instructor.
Credit:
3 hours - Two lecture and three lab hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): High school diploma or GED and sophomore
standing
