Comprehensive AOD Program-I

Comprehensive AODS Program-I

This Alcohol and Otherd Drug Studies Program is designed to introduce and develop counseling skills and knowledge  as it relates to chemical dependency.

Required Courses:

1. Practical Knowledge and Attitudes in AOD
2. Skill Development
3. Advanced Application to Practice
4. Co-Occurring Studies
5. Gender Studies
6. Criminal Justice Studies
7. Advanced Managment Procedures

Course Objectives:

• Identify the Eight practice dimensions of TAP 21 and how they relate to skill development
• Describe terms relating to basic and advanced counseling skills for both group and individual sessions
• Identify how HIV and other STD’s impact AOD services
• Identify difference in   knowledge, skills and attitudes that provide effective services
• Practice interventions such as brief therapy, motivational interviewing and CBT for their use in treatment
• Describe models and applications utilized in a co-occurring settings
• Identify components and special strategies for working with Special Populations; including Criminal Justice, Gender and Co-Occurring
• Practice performing Clinical evaluation, referral and service coordination skills
• Practice and become proficient at utilizing  Therapeutic assessment tools and their application to practice
• Improve  Skills related to case management such as linking, referring, consultation and community-based interventions
• Describe functions of Operational Skill Development of AOD programs; contracts, ADP licensure, DARS, grants and budgets
• Describe Ethics and Confidentiality laws and other regulations

Class Descriptions     

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