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3.00 Credits
3 Credits This course introduces students to crisis intervention theory and practice. The course will focus on basic crisis intervention skills, theories of crisis intervention, and the dynamics of specific kinds of crisis situations. Current issues in crisis intervention will be explored. Multiculturalism and diversity will be integrated throughout the course, particularly in relation to effective crisis intervention and resolution. Stress and burnout, as they affect crisis clinicians, will be examined and strategies for prevention and professional development discussed.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits Students will examine the problems faced by the adult and child who experience incest and/or sexual abuse and other victimization during childhood, adolescence, and/or adult life. Traditional and new response/treatment approaches and theories will be introduced regarding the sexual abuse victim/survivor population.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits This course provides a comprehensive overview of the unique health and treatment needs of the psychiatrically ill, older adult. It will enable mental health caregivers to provide age-sensitive care in a variety of settings. Topics will include biological, social, psychological, and physical aspects of aging, dementias, and major psychiatric disorders.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits This course will examine current literature on substance abuse, paying particular attention to its impact on special populations. High risk populations will be discussed, as well as areas of need of specific populations. Students will read the required textbooks and participate in class discussions designed to help develop and enhance their learning.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits Case management is a process that is currently receiving increasing attention in a variety of mental health, medical, and social service settings. It is a method of intervention which focuses simultaneously on the fragmentation within the consumer as well as fragmentation within the network of service delivery. Building upon an understanding of the social systems model, this course examines the various approaches to case management in a range of settings. Content areas address: history and basis, stages of engagement, assessment, planning, implementation, disengagement, evaluation, advocacy, and organizational supports.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits This course is an introduction to group functioning and roles. An overview of group formation, action, internal dynamics, and issues in group facilitation will be included. Learning experiences will be provided through reading, class lectures and discussion, and experiential activities.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits This course is designed to assist the learner to frame the basic principles of psycho-social rehabilitation both from a historical and an application perspective. We will compare and contrast the traditional and psycho-social models and their varying degrees of failure and success.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits This course is an introduction to the field of massage therapy practice. Topics include the history, theory, physiology, and technical application of massage and manual techniques: chair massages, basic Eastern concepts/techniques, aromatherapy, equipment, and supplies, are presented. Medical terminology and health and hygiene concepts with online activities supplement this course. Students will learn the indications, precautions, and contraindications of therapeutic-Swedish massage and chair massage. Client confidentiality and effective communication skills will be discussed. Self-care techniques will also be instructed and discussed. Co-requisite: MTS103, MTS109
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits This laboratory course provides the student with instruction, demonstration, practice, and performance testing of theory from MTS101. Students will learn and practice techniques taught on fellow students in a systematic order of the body with a section at a time covered with the full body sequence as the final outcome in a supervised instructional lab. Performance competencies for each section are completed before moving to the next area. Students will become competent in chair massages. Students will practice communication skills needed in the practice of massage therapy. Body mechanics and self care stretching will be practiced in each class. Co-requisite: MTS101, MTS109
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4.00 Credits
4 credits This course is an in-depth discussion of muscle qualities, and the anatomy and physiology of the musculoskeletal system. This lecture/lab class covers the skeletal system and primary movers of the cranium, neck, torso, upper and lower extremities, hands and feet of the human body. The lecture covers the origin, insertion, action, and concerted movements of the muscles. Lab experiences include palpation skills for superficial and deep muscles, kinesthetic learning experiences as well as problem solving referred patterns of gait and movement deviations. Co-requisite: BIO213
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