Course Number and Title:
DAC 225 Drug & Alcohol Counseling II
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: ENG 102 and HMS 122 and DAC 141
Course Credits and Hours
3 credit(s)
3 lecture hours/week
0 lab hours/week
Course Description
This course focuses on practice in the development of client-worker relationship skills with emphasis on clients with substance use or abuse disorders.
Additional Materials
None.
Core Course Performance Objectives (CCPOs)
- Explain the characteristics, issues, and tasks associated with initial stages of the helping process. (CCC 1, 2, 3, 4; PGC 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- Demonstrate interviewing, counseling, and helping skills, including responses and leads such as reframing, reflection, explanation, interpretation, and types of questions. (CCC 1, 2, 3, 4; PGC 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- Employ counseling skills to conduct a therapeutic interview and session, assessing client needs and strengths. (CCC 1, 2, 4; PGC 2, 3, 4, 5, 7)
- Use the elements and parameters of confidentiality and informed consent. (CCC 2, 4; PGC 2, 4, 5)
- Express sensitivity to and respect for human diversity in the helping process, including the impact of race, ethnicity, class, culture, gender, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, national origin, and the experience of social injustice. (CCC 2, 3, 4; PGC 2, 3, 4, 5)
- Evaluate the professional use of self and its necessity for effective professional relationships. (CCC 2, 3, 4; PGC 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
See Core Curriculum Competencies and Program Graduate Competencies at the end of the syllabus. CCPOs are linked to every competency they develop.
Measurable Performance Objectives (MPOs)
Upon completion of this course, the student will:
- Explain the characteristics, issues, and tasks associated with initial stages of the helping process.
- Define the stages of the helping process and the stages of change.
- Identify the goals for both the helper and clients in each stage.
- Analyze client progress in moving from one stage to another.
- Assist clients in progressing from one stage to another.
- Demonstrate interviewing, counseling, and helping skills, including responses and leads such as reframing, reflection, explanation, interpretation, and types of questions.
- Identify effective interviewing, counseling, and helping skills, including responses and leads such as reframing, reflection, explanation, interpretation, and different types of questions.
- Use each of these skills appropriately in the counseling process.
- Address issues such as ambivalence, discord, and sustain talk.
- Employ counseling skills to conduct a therapeutic interview and session, assessing client needs and strengths.
- Illustrate the use of appropriate and effective counseling skills through a therapeutic interview and session.
- Assess and summarize the client’s needs and strengths.
- Demonstrate the integration of relapse prevention strategies in the therapeutic process.
- Use the elements and parameters of confidentiality and informed consent.
- Identify and describe the ethical principles associated with the issues of confidentiality and informed consent with the substance-abusing client.
- Inform practice clients of the appropriate aspects of confidentiality and informed consent.
- Analyze case scenarios requiring the application of confidentiality and informed consent guidelines as found in standard counseling settings.
- Summarize and demonstrate the appropriate methods to resolve case scenarios requiring the application of confidentiality and informed consent guidelines as found in standard counseling settings.
- Express sensitivity to and respect for human diversity in the helping process, including the impact of race, ethnicity, class, culture, gender, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, national origin, and the experience of social injustice.
- Apply the principles of human diversity in the helping process.
- Analyze case scenarios requiring the application of the principles of human diversity in the helping process.
- Summarize and demonstrate the appropriate methods to resolve case scenarios requiring the application of the principles of human diversity in the helping process.
- Evaluate the professional use of self and its necessity for effective professional relationships.
- Describe the professional use of self in professional relationships.
- Use the professional self in the helping process.
- Analyze and address the issues surrounding recovering substance abusers as counselors.
Evaluation Criteria/Policies
The grade will be determined using the Delaware Tech grading system:
| 90-100 |
= |
A |
| 80-89 |
= |
B |
| 70-79 |
= |
C |
| 0-69 |
= |
F |
Students should refer to the
Catalog/Student Handbook for information on the Academic Standing Policy, the Academic Integrity Policy, Student Rights and Responsibilities, and other policies relevant to their academic progress.
Final Course Grade
Calculated using the following weighted average
| Evaluation Measures |
% of Final Grade |
|
Quizzes (Summative – Not equally weighted)
|
25% |
| Taped Sessions (Summative – Equally Weighted) |
50% |
| Formative - Micro-skills assessment, role play, case scenarios (Not equally weighted) |
25% |
| Total |
100% |
Program Graduate Competencies (PGCs are the competencies every graduate will develop specific to his or her major)
- Create and maintain effective and professional documents relevant to Drug and Alcohol Counseling.
- Interact ethically and professionally within the Drug and Alcohol Counseling field.
- Apply information to identify client’s strengths, weaknesses, and resources to create a treatment plan.
- Provide effective client services at an entry level by utilizing professional Drug and Alcohol Counseling principles and practices.
- Establish effective working relationships within the Drug and Alcohol Counseling arena.
- Apply basic management and leadership skills in Drug and Alcohol Counseling environments, including time management, organization, and the ability to follow directions.
- Utilize feedback to assess the effect of oneself on Drug and Alcohol Counseling outcomes and make adjustments accordingly.
Core Curriculum Competencies (CCCs are the competencies every graduate will develop)
- Apply clear and effective communication skills.
- Use critical thinking to solve problems.
- Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
- Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
- Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
- Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.
Students in Need of Accommodations Due to a Disability
We value all individuals and provide an inclusive environment that fosters equity and student success. The College is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities. Students are encouraged to schedule an appointment with the campus Disabilities Support Counselor to request an accommodation needed due to a disability. The College's policy on accommodations for persons with disabilities can be found in the College's Guide to Requesting Academic Accommodations and/or Auxiliary Aids Students may also access the Guide and contact information for Disabilities Support Counselors through the Student Resources web page under Disabilities Support Services, or visit the campus Advising Center.