CHD 270 CLINICAL STRATEGIES IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PRESENTED AND APPROVED: DECEMBER 7, 2012 EFFECTIVE: FALL 2013-14
Prefix & Number CHD 270 Course Title: Clinical Strategies in Substance Abuse Treatment Purpose of this submission: New Change/Updated Retire If this is a change, what is being changed? Update Prefix Course Description (Check all that apply) Title Course Number Format Change Credits Prerequisite Competencies Textbook/Reviewed Competencies-no changes needed Does this course require additional fees? No Yes If so, please explain. Is there a similar course in the course bank? No Yes (Please identify) Articulation: Is this course or an equivalent offered at other two and four-year universities in Arizona? No Yes (Identify the college, subject, prefix, number and title: Is this course identified as a Writing Across the Curriculum course? No Yes Course Assessments Description of Possible Course Assessments (Essays, multiple choice, etc.) Exams standardized for this course? Midterm Final Other (Please specify): Where can faculty members locate or access the required standardized exams for this course? (Contact Person and Location) Example: NCK Academic Chair Office Are exams required by the department? No Yes If Yes, please specify: Student Outcomes: Identify the general education goals for student learning that is a component of this course. Check all that apply: 1. Communicate effectively. a. Read and comprehend at a college level. b. Write effectively in a college setting. Method of Assessment 2. Demonstrate effective quantitative reasoning and problem solving skills. 3. Demonstrate effective qualitative reasoning skills. 4. Apply effective methods of inquiry. a. Generate research paper by gathering information from varied sources, analyzing data and organizing information into a coherent structure. b. Employ the scientific method.
5. Demonstrate sensitivity to diversity a. Experience the creative products of humanity. b. Describe alternate historical, cultural, global perspectives. Office of Instruction Use only: CIP Code: ONET Code: Minimum Qualifications:
COURSE INFORMATION Initiator: Lori Howell Date of proposal to Curriculum Sub-Committee: Fall 2012 Effective Semester/Year Fall 2013 Spring Summer Prefix & Number: CHD 270 Full Title: (100 character limit) Clinical Strategies in Substance Abuse Treatment Short Title: (30 character limit) Clinical Strategies Catalog Course Description: Exploration of three main counseling approaches to address the cognitive, affective and behavioral domains as they relate to substance use disorders. Emphasis on skills to assist clients in exploration of problems and ramifications, attitudes and feelings, consideration of alternative solutions and decision-making at various stages of change. SUN Course Number: Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: Prerequisite(s) CHD 100, CHD 102, ENG 101 Co-requisite(s) Intended Course Goals By the end of the semester, students will be able to: 1. Tailor helping strategies and treatment modalities to the client s stage of dependence, change, or recovery. 2. Describe a variety of helping strategies for reducing the negative effects of substance use, abuse, and dependence. 3. Demonstrate ability to assist clients in problem identification. 4. Apply theories of human behavior in the affective, cognitive, and behavior domains. 5. Understand how a variety of treatment issues impact the therapeutic process.
Course Competencies and Objectives By the end of the semester, students will be able to: Competency 1 Demonstrate effective communication skills Objective 1.1 Express empathy Objective 1.2 Perceive and respond to nonverbal messages Objective 1.3 Identify and respond to cognitive content of verbal messages Objective 1.4 Identify and respond to affective content of verbal messages Objective 1.5 Interpret facilitative and non-facilitative responses Objective 1.6 Express advanced verbal responses Competency 2 Describe the basic characteristics of addictions treatment Objective 2.1 Summarize the features and settings of contemporary addictions treatment Objective 2.2 Distinguish addictions treatment from other forms of counseling Objective 2.3 Explain the various methods of initiating addictions treatment Objective 2.4 Differentiate between counseling approaches Competency 3 Assist clients in clarification of presenting problems Objective 3.1 Analyze the various aspects of the identified problem with the client Objective 3.2 Analyze implications of the identified problem with the client Objective 3.3 Analyze consequences of identified problem with the client Objective 3.4 Analyze the impact of systems on the identified problem with the client Competency 4 Incorporate Psychodynamic Theory into the helping relationship Objective 4.1 Apply Freudian Theory to the client situation appropriately Objective 4.2 Employ Jungian Theory to the client situation appropriately Objective 4.3 Apply Adlerian Theory to the client situation appropriately Competency 5 Incorporate Behavioral Theory into the helping relationship Objective 5.1 Adapt Behavioral Theory to the client situation as appropriate Competency 6 Incorporate Cognitive Behavioral Theory into the helping relationship Objective 6.1 Adapt Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy to the client situation as appropriate Objective 6.2 Apply Reality Therapy to the client situation as appropriate Objective 6.3 Employ Cognitive therapies to the client situation as appropriate Objective 6.4 Adapt Cognitive Behavior therapies to the client situation as appropriate Competency 7 Describe a variety of helping strategies for reducing the negative effects of substance use, abuse, and dependence. Objective 7.1 Identify appropriate evaluation methods and tools Objective 7.2 Recognize reductions of symptoms in substance use, abuse, and dependence. Objective 7.3 Compare and contrast the various helping strategies to meet client needs Objective 7.4 Explain how incorporation of treatment planning can be used to identify treatment progress. Competency 8 Evaluate how models of behavior, stigma and addiction, and attitudes impact addiction treatment. Objective 8.1 Analyze addiction research and writings Objective 8.2 Differentiate models of treatment and recovery Objective 8.3 Relate how stigma influences addiction and treatment Objective 8.4 Respond to the various issues clients will bring into treatment Competency 9 Implement individual counseling skills Objective 9.1 Differentiate between counseling treatment formats Objective 9.2 Integrate Motivational Interviewing into counseling process Objective 9.3 Tailor counseling skills to the individual client Competency 10 Describe the benefit of group counseling in addiction treatment Objective 10.1 Differentiate between various types of interactive groups Objective 10.2 Appraise the group culture Objective 10.3 Analyze the group process Competency 11 Manage a client s case from screening to discharge Objective 11.1 Synthesize counseling and case management skills
Objective 11.2 Use appropriate screening tools in assessing client needs Objective 11.3 Discuss the importance of an accurate diagnosis in treatment planning Objective 11.4 Recognize and plan for impediments to treatment Objective 11.5 Customize treatment to a variety of treatment populations Competency 12 Determine the context in which family and community should be included in a client s treatment Objective 12.1 Differentiate between addictions treatment and family therapy Objective 12.2 Explain the impact of family and community systems on individuals Objective 12.3 Define the family as a system Objective 12.4 Maximize family intervention skills Objective 12.5 Integrate local social networks and subgroups of addicts into treatment planning Course Textbook, Materials and Equipment Textbook(s) Current edition Software/ Equipment Title Author(s) Publisher Title Author(s) Publisher Becoming an Addictions Counselor: A Comprehensive Text Peter L. Meyers and Norman R. Salt Jones and Bartlett Treatment Improvement Protocol 34:Brief Interventions and Brief Therapies for Substance Abuse Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administrations Department of Health and Human Services