ADC - Addictions Counseling

Examines substance use disorders and process addictions inclusive of compulsive sexual behaviors, eating disorders, and pathological gambling.

Examines theories and research of human growth and development.  Includes a focus on developmental diagnostic and assessment tools, strategies, and their application within addiction counseling.

Examines psychoanalytic, behaviorist, cognitive and humanistic theories of personality development.  Emphasizes their application within addiction counseling.

Examines the psychoactive and addictive properties of major drug classifications.  Includes psychopharmacology treatment interventions and their application within addiction counseling.

Study of biological, psychological, and sociocultural influences contributing to abnormal behavior patterns including substance use disorders and co-occurring disorders.  Includes a focus on intake, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and case management of various psychopathological and co-occurring disorders.

Examines the processes of client screening, intake, assessment, treatment planning, crisis interventions, case management reports, record keeping, and client education in addiction counseling.

Study of multicultural issues to include integration, discrimination, prejudice, the social dynamics of conflict, and assimilation.  Includes a focus on their application to addiction counseling.

Examines addiction counseling professional responsibilities, legal standards, and ethics issues.

Examines prevention and harm reduction in addiction counseling.  Includes a focus on IV and sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS/HIV and Hepatitis C.

Examines addiction and substance misuse in the family system.  Emphasizes client education, prevention, as well as individual and family system approaches to intervention.  Includes a focus on issues specific to women.

Examines addiction counseling skills required to perform therapeutic group sessions.  Focuses on types of groups, client placement, group development, stages of treatment, client confidentiality, client education, and the client referral process.

150 hours of clinical addiction counseling work experience in a supervised setting.  Fifty percent of the practicum hours must be completed in direct client contact.  The practicum is designed to develop addiction counseling skills through practical application in an addiction counseling setting.  Students work under the direct supervision of an approved onsite supervisor and a faculty supervisor.  Capstone assignments throughout Practicum I and II guide students in the development of an integrative e-portfolio project that demonstrates personal achievement of the learning outcomes in the addiction counseling major. Enrollment requires advisor approval.

150 hours of clinical addiction counseling work experience in a supervised setting.  Fifty percent of the practicum hours must be completed in direct client contact.  The practicum is designed to develop addiction counseling skills through practical application in an addiction counseling setting.  Students work under the direct supervision of an approved onsite supervisor and a faculty supervisor.  Capstone assignments throughout Practicum I and II guide students in the development of an integrative e-portfolio project that demonstrates personal achievement of the learning outcomes in the addiction counseling major. Enrollment requires advisor approval.

Capstone course that guides students in development of an integrative e-portfolio project that demonstrates personal achievement of learning outcomes in the addiction counseling major.  Culminates in a major professional portfolio project, guided by licensure standards and includes investigating and discussing a major issue or issues within the field and presented in seminar form in class.