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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the principles of emergency care and response in an emergency. Students will learn how to respond in an emergency and perform the immediate lifesaving skills until the arrival of more definitive medical care. Skills covered will include rescue breathing; first aid for choking; CPR and other immediate first aid procedures for adults, children and infants.
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3.00 Credits
This is a survey course which introduces students to human needs and to the development, philosophy, concepts and values of the helping professions. Local agencies and the relationship of these agencies to the total community are studied.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers aspects of group processes and dynamics as they relate to facilitating service delivery to groups of people in human services settings. Focus is on forming a group, understanding how groups function, elements that affect group processes and developing an understanding of how to effectively assist with the responsibilities of designing and facilitating a therapeutic group.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines issues surrounding human diversity, understanding and appreciating differences and exploring the impact that students' values and attitudes have on their interactions with individuals from various groups as distinguished by race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, social class, religion and subcultures. The focus is on increasing students' awareness of the impact of diversity on individual development and frame of reference and on the impact that their own values and backgrounds have on their responses and interactions with others, especially as applied to the role of "professional helper".
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the nature and scope of substance abuse in the United States, with an emphasis on alcoholism. Course topics include the historical background of substance use, the causes of substance abuse problems and diagnosis and treatment. This course is not designed to train people to diagnose or treat substance abuse problems.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the historical development of social welfare institutions in the United States; the organization, administration and funding of these institutions and the effect of political decisions on social policy.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the professional values and ethics of the human services worker. It also considers self-evaluation and introspection, helping relationships, interpersonal skills and practices in helping techniques, interviewing and recording techniques, effective communication and coping in stressful situations. Class format will be lecture, discussion, role plays, audio and videotapes, demonstrations, and experiential activities.
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5.00 Credits
This course is both a field experience and a seminar which requires a total of 135 contact hours (approximately 8-10 hours per week for 15 weeks) at an appropriate social services or child care agency, or education institution. In the field experience, students are supervised by a WV Northern faculty member and by an agency professional. The seminar meets every other week for two hours to discuss the field experience and to monitor and evaluate the student's progress. Before registering, students must apply to and be accepted by the agency in which the field work will be done. Students are also required to meet other criteria for entry into the field placement that include a criminal background check, drug screening, a personal interview with the instructor for Human Services Seminar and Field Placement in which they must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to be successful in their field placement, and three written evaluations/ recommendations from instructors or employers.
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1.00 Credits
This course is a combined lecture and seminar which prepares students in the Human Services, AAS or the Early Childhood: Care & Education, AAS degrees for their internship or field placement the following semester. Students will review important concepts, skills, and abilities required for the student to be successful in their field placement. Topics covered include: Codes of ethics for human services and early childhood paraprofessionals, including legal and practice issues, boundary issues, dual relationships, limitations, professionalism, agency expectations of students in field placement, resume writing, interviewing skills, finding an appropriate agency in which to do the field placement, and requirements of the field placement class, including the portfolio. Students will be required to complete a criminal background check, drug screening, and personal interview to determine their eligibility for the field placement. Students must also provide 3 letters of recommendation from instructors or current or former employers which reccomends the student for the field placement.
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3.00 Credits
This course will cover the major theories of counseling and psychotherapy (behavioral, humanistic, psychodynamic, gestalt, cognitive and cognitive-behavioral), the needs and characteristics of special populations (children, the elderly, adolescents, victims of domestic violence or other crimes, families) and special considerations involved with providing crisis intervention, behavior management and other specialized services. It will also focus on understanding how to resolve dilemmas involving professional values and ethics.
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