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3.00 Credits
3 credits Prerequisite HUS 1111 or consent of instructor. This course is an introductory experience in active listening skills. The focus is on viewing and processing of each student's video-taped practice counseling sessions with emphasis on basic awareness and communication skills, empathetic listening, positive regard for the client, and recognition of interference in the communication process. 47 contact hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Prerequisite: PSY 1012 recommended or consent of program director. This course is the study of the use of basic behavior modification techniques in the human services. Emphasis is on the application of operant conditioning techniques. 47 contact hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Prerequisite or corequisite: SYG 2324. A comprehensive survey of abused substances and their impact on the human body and upon society. The pathophysiological effects of substance abuse are emphasized while historical, legal, medical, social, and ethical issues are reviewed. The classes of drugs examined include major and minor tranquilizers, sedatives and hypnotics, narcotics, stimulants, and hallucinogens. The primary focus will be upon heroin, cocaine, marijuana and alcohol. 47 contact hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Pre or corequisite: SYG 2324. This course is a cross-cultural, multi-disciplinary examination of physical and social aspects of treatment environments and their effect on individual well-being. Professional research, empirical data, and conceptual frameworks will be emphasized. 47 contact hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Pre or corequisite: SYG 2324. A comprehensive examination of methods used in the identification, intervention, and prevention of substance abuse. Symptoms and progression of substance abuse, types of abusers and special groups, various intervention techniques, and the interrelationship between the illness of substance abuse and the moral, legal, spiritual, sociological and psychological aspects will be reviewed. 47 contact hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Pre or corequisite: SYG 2324. This course is a multi-disciplinary study of various treatment methods for the substance abuser and an examination of the educational materials available to the practitioner. In addition, this course serves as a final preparatory session for those professionals who plan to successfully complete the Board Certification Examination. 47 contact hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Prerequisite: REA 0001. This course provides an understanding of the essential role that human service professionals play in facilitating healthy families and communities. The effects of poverty, inequality, unemployment, child abuse, substance abuse, and domestic violence are included. The course provides strategies for empowering families to move to effective parenting; developing healthy life-styles; promoting self-esteem and self-worth; assuming responsibility; problem solving skills; resolving conflicts; identifying alternatives; and making healthy choices. 47 contact hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course addresses three important issues of early childhood: health, development, and parenting. The depth of developmental knowledge provided is intended to enhance the skills of the family health and support worker, to increase their ability to provide anticipatory guidance and teaching and to empower the parent-child relationship. Common health problems of infancy and early childhood that affect normal development are discussed along with important health promotion and disease prevention strategies for creating a safe and nurturing environment for the child. Additional topics will include social, environmental and biological influences and factors that collectively impede or facilitate individual and family development, the major periods and domains of child development from birth to five, the importance of early learning experiences that enhance brain development, and the characteristics and importance of parent-child interactions as well as cultural and social influences that affect parenting skills. 47 contact hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course is designed to increase student competency in supporting families during the preconception, pregnancy and immediate postpartum periods. Course content will focus on human reproduction, pregnancy, birth and infant care, with an emphasis on the adjustment of the family and its individual members during the perinatal period. The course will present both factual information and skills for promoting healthy behaviors. Students will apply their knowledge within the theoretical contexts of human and family development gained in previous coursework. Students will practice skills for counseling families about reproductive health in a sensitive, culturally-competent manner. 47 contact hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Prerequisites: HUS 1111 and PSY 1012. This course is designed to give students an in-depth understanding of forces that impact minority and other disenfranchised families in America. Emphasis will be given to historical trends, social stratification, and current status. Additionally, the effects of perceptions and misconceptions on minority and other disenfranchised families will be considered. The primary purpose of this course is to prepare professionals to work effectively with individuals who are ethnically, culturally, and racially different. 47 contact hours.
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