ADA Counseling Practicum  ( ADA2565  ) 3 Credits Students experience hands-on, practical training, expressing themselves in group and individual counseling and case presentations using a diversity of treatment approaches. These sessions are videotaped and then critiqued. Students conduct counseling sessions with special populations of substance abusers. Attention is given to legal issues and confidentiality and case presentation. Each student is also responsible for assessment, intake, charting, report writing, treatment planning, case presentations, discharge summaries, and referrals. Students are evaluated on this work.
	ADA Counseling Theory  ( ADA2563  ) 3 Credits This course introduces addiction counseling. Abstinence vs. Harm Reduction treatment strategies and goals are compared and contrasted. Basic counselor competencies of clinical evaluation, treatment planning; referral, case management, individual and group counseling, client, family and community education, and documentation are reviewed. The counselor-client relationship is explored more broadly in relation to professional ethics, legal requirements and documentation. Confidentiality, transference and counter transference, the penetration of denial, problems of cross-addiction, dual diagnosis, the use and abuse of therapeutic power, AIDS and sexually transmitted disease (STD) issues, intervention, confrontation, support, and relapse and relapse prevention are considered. The current treatment environment of managed care, Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), block grants, private pay, insurance, and the role of government funding are introduced.
	ADA Field Experience I  ( ADA1909  ) 5 Credits This course consists of supervised training in an alcoholism or drug abuse facility. Such facilities are normally licensed by the NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) or Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). The training must be accomplished under the direct supervision of a licensed, certified or credentialed Qualified Healthcare Professional (QHP). The student enters the field work facility as an intern and is subject to all legal, ethical, and professional standards required of staff members. Field placement may be in Therapeutic Communities, 12-Step Rehabs, prisons, government agencies, hospital detox units, public school prevention and/or education programs, crisis centers, clinics or other recognized facilities designated for the treatment, prevention or education of addicts and/or alcoholics. Internship training emphasizes assessment, evaluation, treatment planning, case management, record keeping, referral and family and community education. Student performance in those areas is evaluated by the clinical supervisor and staff.
	ADA Field Experience II  ( ADA1910  ) 5 Credits This course consists of supervised training in an alcoholism or drug abuse facility. Such facilities are normally licensed by the NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) or Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). The training must be accomplished under the direct supervision of a licensed, certified or credentialed Qualified Healthcare Professional (QHP). The student enters the field work facility as an intern and is subject to all legal, ethical, and professional standards required of staff members. Field placement may be in Therapeutic Communities, 12-Step Rehabs, prisons, government agencies, hospital detox units, public school prevention and/or education programs, crisis centers, clinics or other recognized facilities designated for the treatment, prevention or education of addicts and/or alcoholics. Internship training emphasizes assessment, evaluation, treatment planning, case management, record keeping, referral and family and community education. Student performance in those areas is evaluated by the clinical supervisor and staff.
	Alcoholism  ( ADA1510  ) 3 Credits This course introduces the subject of alcoholism. The physical and psycho-pharmacological effects of alcohol are introduced. The "Disease Concept" vs. the "Character Defect" debate is explored. E M Jellinek's species, phases and stages of alcoholism are introduced and alcoholism as "the progressive disease" and as "the family disease" is discussed. Unique problems of special populations of alcoholics are introduced and some of the relevant history of the temperance movement and prohibition are offered. The contributions of 12-Step programs and self-help (AA, NA, TC, ACOA, ALANON) are reviewed.
	Drug Use and Abuse  ( ADA1520  ) 3 Credits In this course, the variety of mood-altering chemicals are identified in both the language of the street and of the academy. This course provides a history of drug use and abuse. The biochemical, cultural, psychological and spiritual motives for drug use and abuse are introduced. Physical and pharmacological effects of mood altering chemicals are explored. The debate over the nature of addiction, habituation and dependency is reviewed relative to the pharmacology of drug action and the psychology of obsessive-compulsive behavior. The self-help approaches of Therapeutic Communities and 12-Step Programs (i.e. Narcotics Anonymous) are discussed relative to mental health oriented interpretations of drug dependence. HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), Tuberculosis (TB), and hepatitis are discussed. Relapse is considered relative to polyaddiction and cross-dependency, and the debate over the abstinence vs. harm-reduction concepts of treatment is introduced.
	Family Counseling & Chemical Depend ( ADA2600  ) 3 Credits This course is designed to introduce the paraprofessional to family systems theory and to basic techniques of family therapy. Areas to be considered include a systems perspective of dysfunction, conducting the initial interview, formulating a plan for change and choosing specific techniques necessary to implement change. Students work with simulated families, sculpting and genograms. Special attention is given to working with the families of alcoholics and those with other types of drug addiction. This course may include a clinical component to be offered in a licensed alcohol and/or drug treatment facility.