Students will be introduced to behavioral and social services, including history,
philosophy, and current delivery systems to a diverse client population.
This course provides a broad understanding of ethics, legal standards, and professional
responsibilities in behavioral healthcare. Students explore behavioral health professionals’
responsibilities to themselves, clients, colleagues, and society. The course facilitates an understanding of ethical standards and ethical decision-making,
professional boundaries, confidentiality, and federal and state laws pertaining to
specific populations and situations in behavioral healthcare.
This course examines how cultural, biological, and social diversity affect behavioral
health and healthcare. It presents current theories and practices for working with
diverse populations in the behavioral health field and fosters the understanding and
application of cultural diversity, cultural humility, self-awareness, social justice,
and advocacy.
This course is an overview of case management within the context of healthcare and
human services. Students develop observation, problem-solving, documentation, and
relationship building skills through the exploration of the case management process
which includes client engagement and assessment, care planning, resource acquisition,
and care coordination.
This course prepares students for practicum and employment. Activities include identifying professional goals, identifying relevant positions, self-assessment, application preparation, and preparation for
supervision and consultation. Special attention will be given to wellness and self-care
to promote health and longevity personally and professionally.
This course introduces the skills necessary to screen clients for service eligibility,
complete intake processes, conduct comprehensive assessments, and partner with clients
to develop effective plans to achieve client-identified goals. Students are prepared
to serve as effective helpers, able to explore their clients’ situation carefully
to develop insight before taking action.
This course investigates the variety of ways we can reduce the impacts of common mental
health disorders. Reviewing evidence-based research, students survey the range of
effective, promising, and ineffective treatments for common mental health disorders
such as psychosis, bipolar, depression, anxiety, personality disorders, and PTSD.
Topics include biological, psychological, and social treatments, including professional
services and self-help options.
This course provides a comprehensive survey of the major contemporary theories of
counseling, as well as their implications for practice. Core topics such as historical background, key concepts, the counseling process,
counseling techniques and procedures, multicultural perspectives, and evaluation are
examined for each theory. Students are given the opportunity to conceptualize selected
case studies, decide on appropriate counseling interventions, and practice a variety of techniques that are commonly used in counseling
practice.
Through supervised clinical experience, students begin hands-on training in a behavioral health/human service field. Skills focused upon may include intake interviewing,
case management, assessment of client/consumer needs, intervention strategies to meet
those needs, individual and group counseling, outreach activities, documentation,
use of community referral and networking resources, collaboration with colleagues,
inter-agency communication, and professional growth. Ninety hours of recorded clinical
experience are required each quarter.
Prerequisite: BH& 400 and 25 credits of completed upper-division program credits or
instructor permission.
Students will learn to enhance the effectiveness of groups by examining a variety
of roles, models, and norms of group work. Students will develop therapeutic group leadership skills through facilitation of
simulated group sessions
Continuation of supervised clinical experience, building on the skills and experience
in Practicum I. Skills focused upon may include intake interviewing, case management,
assessment of client/consumer needs, and intervention strategies to meet those needs,
individual and group counseling, outreach activities, documentation, use of community
referral and networking resources, collaboration with colleagues, inter-agency communication,
and professional growth. Ninety hours of recorded clinical experience are required.
Prerequisite: BH& 491 or instructor permission
This course introduces the structures and processes of the human brain. Designed for
non-science majors, the course emphasizes the relationships among biology, emotions,
thoughts, and behavior.
Continuation of supervised clinical experience, building on the skills and experience
in Practicum I. Skills focused upon may include intake interviewing, case management,
assessment of client/consumer needs, and intervention strategies to meet those needs,
individual and group counseling, outreach activities, documentation, use of community
referral and networking resources, collaboration with colleagues, inter-agency communication,
and professional growth. Ninety hours of recorded clinical experience are required.
Prerequisite: BH& 492 or instructor permission
Emphasizes understanding addictions including historical and current implications
of addiction as well as the Americans with Disabilities Act and social, cultural,
political, and economic contexts of addiction. Introduction to basic pharmacology of alcohol/other drugs, assessment criteria, signs
and symptoms of addiction and recovery efforts.
Introduction to psychopathology and abnormal behavior. Theories, major diagnostic
categories, issues and ethics in diagnosis and treatment will be emphasized. Cultural
influences and access to resources are also discussed.
This course explores the science of addiction, including current research on both
substance and behavioral addictions and recovery. Topics covered include current research
on addiction, barriers to successful recovery, various treatment models including
medication assisted treatment, the impact of trauma, cultural and generational impacts of addiction,
as well as the effects of adverse experiences such as poverty, inadequate access to
services and others.
