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  • HSERV 140: Infant/ Toddler Environments

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY Westchester Community College

    This course emphasizes research about infant/toddler development as a framework for group care that supports the young child's needs for safe exploration, responsive routines, continuity with family and culture, and experiences that guide them in making sense of their world. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisites: HSERV 209 Early Childhood Development, HSERV 135B Foundations of Early Childhood, HSERV 202A Observation and Assessment, HSERV 216 Early Childhood Field I. Corequisite: HSERV 218 Early Childhood Field II.
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  • HSERV 143: Ethics in Addiction Counseling

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY Westchester Community College

    This course begins with the basics of ethical decision-making principles in addition to counseling. Next, understanding of professional ethical codes with emphasis on the (OASAS) Cannon of Ethical Principles, NAADAC's Ethical Standards of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors and Federal and state regulations regarding confidentiality, and record keeping. The course emphasizes personal conduct, competence, issues of diversity, and relationships with clients, peers, supervisors, and subordinates. Using case studies students develop an ability to select an ethical plan of action. This course is required by OASAS for the CASAC. Class hrs. 3. Offered fall semester.
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  • HSERV 144: Addiction Counseling Methods

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY Westchester Community College

    This course provides the basic skills of addiction counseling. Students develop knowledge and skills in the counseling methods and techniques used across the continuum of treatment: screening, intake, assessment, goal setting, plan for work, working and termination. This 4-credit course provides 60 of the classroom contact hours in alcoholism and substance abuse required by NYS OASAS for CASAC eligibility. Written permission of the Curriculum Chairperson required for registration. Class hrs. 4. Corequisite: HSERV 147A Addiction Field I. Prerequisite: Written permission from the Curriculum Chair, AND (1) A "C" or better in one of thefollowing: Alcohol, Substance Abuse & the Family; Psychosocial Issues in Addiction; Ethics in Addiction Counseling; OR (2) One year of supervisor documented full-time client counseling experience in an OASAS approved Addiction Treatment agency or equivalent OR (3) Associate, Bachelor's or Graduate degree in a Human Services area recognized by OASAS.
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  • HSERV 145A: Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and the Family

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY Westchester Community College

    The family, broadly defined, is viewed as the identified client in the course. A social systems approach is presented as the frame of understanding, engagement and recovery for families and individuals affected by someone else's alcohol or other drug problems. Exploration of existing services and topics of individual interest are also included. Class hrs. 3.
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  • HSERV 147A: Addiction Field Experience I

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY Westchester Community College

    The Addiction Field experience which accompanies Addiction Counseling Methods requires nine hours a week in an addiction treatment agency where students continue to perform tasks related and essential to the service offered by the agency. Under the supervision of a NYS OASAS designated Qualified Health Professional students further develop the counseling skills such as screening, initial interviewing, problem identification, contracting, treatment planning, recording, case presentation and the referral process. Students learn to understand their own feelings and attitudes so they may better differentiate between the personal and professional self. Students maintain written records of their activities which are used in the linked course as a basis for classroom discussion. Class hrs. 3; 126 hrs. of Field Experience. Corequisite: HSERV 144 Addiction Counseling Methods. Offered fall semester.
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  • HSERV 201: Methods in the Helping Process

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY Westchester Community College

    Accompanies Human Services Field Experience II and provides continued opportunity for students to integrate field work experience with the social systems approach to helping. The class learns the basic skills of the helping process, including interviewing techniques. Students examine their own value systems, strengths and weaknesses, and how these may affect their interpersonal relationships in a multicultural society. They analyze their field settings, use of helping skills, behavioral concepts, and they assess the utility and limitations of the tools of the human service worker. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisites: HSERV 110 Group Dynamics and Leadership and HSERV 109 Human Services Field Experience I. Co-requisite: HSERV 203 Human Services Field Experience II. May be taken for Honors.
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  • HSERV 202A: Observation and Assessment

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY Westchester Community College

    Observing children is at the core of Early Childhood Education. Through documentation of teacher's observations and the works of the child using the Prospect Center Descriptive Review of the Child and the Description of Children's Work, the student comes to understand how a particular child makes meaning. Through shared recollections of their own learning experiences students gain a larger perspective of teaching and learning. Emphasis is placed on collaboration and sharing observations in developing knowledge about teaching. Class hrs. 4. Prerequisite or Corequisite: HSERV 135B Foundations of Early Childhood. Corequisite: HSERV 216 Early Childhood Field I.
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  • HSERV 203: Human Services Field Experience II

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY Westchester Community College

    This field experience, which accompanies Methods in the Helping Process, requires nine hours a week in a human services agency or school where students continue to perform tasks related and essential to the service offered by the agency. Under the supervision of a professional human services worker, students further develop intensive communications skills such as interviewing, recording, case presentation, and the referral process. Students learn to understand their own feelings and attitudes so they may better differentiate between the personal and professional self. Students maintain written records of their activities which are used in the linked seminar as a basis for classroom discussion. Prerequisites: HSERV 110 Group Dynamics and Leadership and HSERV 109 Human Services Field Experience I. Corequisite: HSERV 201 Methods in the Helping Process.
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  • HSERV 205A: Ethnic and Cultural Diversity

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY Westchester Community College

    This course is designed to provide students with an orientation to inter-group relations that are grounded in economic, political, psychological and sociological theories and concepts. The beginning of the course focuses on developing a framework for examining different theoretical concepts that help in understanding minority group experiences. It then focuses on different strategies for accomplishing change. Finally it focuses on current issues and problems facing the major minority groups in the US today (African-Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, Asians, American Indians, Women, GBLT, and the disabled). Emphasis is placed on self-examination, understanding the diversity of the American experience and embracing multiculturalism. Class hrs. 3.
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  • HSERV 207A: Human Services Field Experience III

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY Westchester Community College

    One hundred twenty-six hours per semester of supervised internship are required in a human service agency or school where students continue to provide services to individuals and groups under professional supervision. Particular emphasis is placed on the understanding of case management skills, advocacy, effective interventions, resource identification, assessment and evaluation. Prerequisites: HSERV 120 Methods in the Helping Process and HSERV 203 Human Services Field Experience II. Corequisite: HSERV 208 Case Management.
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