Courses

Concept, manifestation, and causes of addiction. Major drug classifications and their effects. Potential of drug education as preventative mechanism.

This course is an examination of substance use disorder prevention.

Examination of substance use disorder prevention.

In- depth exploration of research, evaluation methods and best practices in environmental factors in prevention program design. Fieldwork is required.

The purpose of this course focuses on carrying out collection and analysis of community-based for practice for working within agencies and populations impacted by substance use to apply their substance abuse education and use their critical thinking skills in the students the opportunity to use critical thinking strategies to develop and implement SOCW 4377.

This course is designed to identify, analyze and assess programs, policies and services for the needs of children who have been diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome or other related prenatal exposure to alcohol that is characterized as fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. The development of skills, knowledge and attitudes of person performing specific task surrounding the needs of the vulnerable population will be enhanced..

This course will provide an overview of the addictive process and addictive behaviors (e.g., substance abuse and gambling). Theories of addiction counseling and application of these theories will comprise a significant part of this course, particularly with how they apply to work with individuals, couples, families and groups. Co-occurring disorders, such as process addictions and mental illnesses will also be addressed. Offered Fall and Spring terms.

An overview of causes and consequences of substance-related and addictive disorders, the major drug classifications, and the counselor’s code of ethics. Introduces various models which explain the etiology of addiction and addresses current addiction policies and programs.

An overview if causes and consequences of substance related and addictive disorders, the major drug classifications and the counselor's code of ethics.

This course explores the impact of substance use and abuse on personal, public, and population health. Course content includes current statistics and information on substance use and abuse issues and substance prevention interventions with a focus on public health prevention strategies.