9 courses with the subject AC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
This course exposes the student to an understanding of the multiple factors which impact individuals, families and communities affected by alcohol or other drug problems and the variety of approaches and disciplines relevant to the successful treatment of substance use disorders.
This course covers basics of ethical decision making in addiction counseling: Provides 45 hours of OASAS/CASAC required ethical education. Includes professional ethical code, federal, state regulations, personal conduct, competence, issues of diversity, and relationships with clients, peers, supervisors, and subordinates.
The broadly defined family is the identified client in this course. A social systems approach is used as the frame of understanding, engagement, and recovery for families and individuals affected by someone else’s substance use disorder. Identification, exploration, and understanding of family treatment and recovery options, impact of cultural and ethnicity, and topics of individual interest are included. The role of the counselor is addressed. 45 CASAC hours.
This course provides an introduction to the basic knowledge and skills needed for individual and group counseling methods and techniques across the continuum of treatment, including integration of screening, intake, assessment, goal setting, plan for work, working, and termination procedures. This course provides 45 CASAC classroom contact hours.
This course focuses on procedures in addiction counseling: i.e., patient screening, intake interviewing, problem identification, goal setting contracting, treatment planning, recording, case presentation, referral, cultural sensitivity and relapse prevention planning. Applied to the CASAC as 45 hours of classroom education.
This course exposes students to an understanding of the multiple psychological and sociological factors that impact individuals, families and communities affected by psychotropic substance use and disorder and to the array of approaches and disciplines relevant to the successful prevention or treatment of substance use disorders. CHEM 145 Biochemistry of Addiction (Lecture and Lab) complements this course, addressing the biological and chemical aspects.
This 160-hour internship provides opportunities for application of the group treatment principles, techniques, and theories addressed in the Addiction Counseling Program. Over the semester, a total of 160 hours of internship are expected to be completed and are applied to the 300-hour component of experience focused on the 12 Counselor Competencies.
This course integrates substance use disorder (SUD) counseling knowledge and skills with practice. Provides theoretical understanding and practice skills in a variety of models used in counseling, including 12 Step Facilitation, Cognitive Behavioral and Motivational Enhancement methods, and Medication Assisted Recovery. Applied as 45 CASAC classroom education hours.
This 160-hour internship course bridges substance use disorder counseling theory and practice, providing students with hands-on experience in diverse counseling settings. Through supervised application, students will integrate theoretical knowledge with essential counseling skills, preparing them for real-world substance use disorder interventions. Applicable as 160 hours toward the 300-hour experiential requirement for the NYS OASAS CASAC 12 Counselor Competencies.
Source: SUNY Westchester Community College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
