17 courses with the subject HSW, 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.
HSW 102 or HSW 202 - Theories of Counseling or Theories of Individual Counseling.................................................................................................... 3
HSW 105 or SOC 105 - Social Policy and Ethics in Human Services.......... 3 HSW 130 or HSW 155 - Introduction to Youth and Family or Introduction to Aging.............................................................................................................3 HSW 160, PSY 217, HSW 216 or HSW 254 - The Middle Years, Drug- Use and Abuse, Assessment Techniques for Child/Youth or Aging in the U.S................................................................................................................ 3
HSW 130 or HSW 155 - Introduction to Youth and Family or Introduction to Aging.....................................................................................................
This introductory course examines children and youth within the context of their familial role. Emphasis is placed upon non-traditional as well as traditional family systems and the impact that issues such as divorce, substance abuse, child abuse and incarceration has on the various units in the family system. 113
HSW 160, PSY 217, HSW 216 or HSW 254 - The Middle Years, Drug- Use and Abuse, Assessment Techniques for Child/Youth or Aging in the U.S................................................................................................................ 3
HSW 203 or PSY 203 - Assessment and Documentation in Human Services........................................................................................................ 3 61
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HSW 206, HSW 220, PSY 217 or PSY 206 - Hospice, Introduction to Adjunctive Therapies, Drug-Use and Abuse or Lifespan Development........3
A course designed for those whose work brings them into contact with the dying (and their families) or for anyone who wishes to understand the issue of his/her own mortality in relation to he life cycle. Students will have the opportunity to examine the "hospice without walls" concept, to clarify attitudes toward death and dying, and to explore how such attitude are learned and can be changed. Skills that can be acquired and practiced include: hospice and grief outreach and counseling, administration of cost- effective hospice counseling in the social service agency, and mobilizing support networks for the dying and their families.
This course is designed to prepare students for the practicum experience through professional self reflection and development. Students will evaluate human service agencies, organizational structures, and funding sources. Students will select a field site, process agency interview, and prepare for supervision in the field. Topics such as self-assessment, document gathering, and certification reviews will be addressed. The development of portfolio management demonstrating interpersonal styles, and program competency will be required. Students must pass this course with a grade of "C" or higher before taking HSW 211. Prerequisites: HSW 102 - Theories of Group Counseling or HSW 202 - Theories of individual
HSW 220, HSW 250 or HSW 219 - Introduction to Adjunctive Therapies, Psychology of Aging or Drug and Alcohol Treatment Process.....................3
YOUTH............................................................................................. This course is designed to develop the knowledge and skills in assessing the risk factors in the current situation of the child and/or adolescent. The course will focus upon the youth's educational social, psychological, emotional and physical environment to determine the level of required intervention. Students will learn the techniques needed to assess and reduce risk factors. Prerequisites:
INTRODUCTION............................................................................... Designed to provide a working knowledge of the helping process as it applies to drug and alcohol counseling, students completing this course should be able to: develop assessment and diagnostic skills; formulate appropriate goals, and treatment plans; improve interviewing and intervention skills with drug/alcohol clients; discuss and compare individual, group, and family treatment approaches; describe the levels of service available to drug/alcohol clients and their families; use AA, AL-ANON and other support groups as treatment allies; appreciate the impact of sex, age, ethnicity, race and religion on the treatment process; and understand the American Psychiatric Association's (DSM V) assessment of substance use disorders, anti-social personalities and depression.
A survey of adjunctive therapies and activities that enhance the therapeutic process for populations served by human service agencies. Therapeutic modalities include but are not limited to: art, music, movement, dance, poetry, psychodrama and biofeedback.
WITH OLDER ADULTS.........................................................................3-3-0 This course is an in-depth exploration of psychological theories and their applications to appreciating and working with older adults. Students will have the opportunity to gain an increased understanding of their own personal development and self knowledge in the context of the life cycle and to explore feelings about the aging process. Classroom experiences ..... 3-3-0 that focus on enhancing communications skills will be designed to enable students to translate psychological theories and helping techniques to every day family and job-related encounters with older adults. Open to all majors. Prerequisites: HSW 155 - Introduction to Aging or PSY 101 - Introduction to Psychology or SOC 101 -
This course is an in-depth exploration of the current social issues concerning older adults in U.S. society. Students will examine the social needs which confront all older people and those needs of particular sub-groups of the older population such as the frail elderly, women, and minorities. Emphasis will be placed on reviewing the legislation which has led to the creation of programs and services for meeting the needs of older adults and on analyzing the system of services to detect areas of unmet needs, such as the need for "long-term care." Students will have the opportunity to gain an understanding of techniques of advocacy which can be used on behalf of and in concert with older persons. This course is open to all majors. Prerequisites: HSW 155 - Introduction to Aging or PSY 101 - Introduction to Psychology or SOC 101 -
Source: Montgomery County Community College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
