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Effective Term:
Fall 2017 through Summer 2021

Course Number:
AD 108
Course Title:
Adolescence and Addiction
Credit Hours:
3
Lecture Hours:
30
Lecture/Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
0

Course Description

Examines addiction, substance use and abuse from the adolescent point of view. Includes assessment and treatment planning appropriate to this population and considers ethical and legal ramifications. Audit available.

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon completion of the course students will be able to:

  1. Apply knowledge of specific assessment protocols and treatment strategies to adolescents presenting with substance use concerns.
  2. Utilize knowledge of adolescent psychology to respond to resistance and other obstacles related to motivation and treatment engagement.
  3. Employ knowledge of cultural and peer group norms to help facilitate recovery within the context of the client’s family systems.

Course Activities and Design

This is primarily a lecture course. Students will be asked to create a treatment proposal for a specific “client” provided via a case study by the instructor.

Outcome Assessment Strategies

1. An assessment process that will extract information from lectures, readings and other multimedia presentations via a test of a basic understanding of the targeted concepts.
2. A project that requires the student to synthesize the course material into an appropriate referral for a fictional adolescent who presents with a substance use concern.

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

1) Adolescent 欧洲杯决赛竞猜app_欧洲杯足球网-投注|官网mental Issues
2) Childhood Trauma
3) Assessing Adolescents
4) Suicide Prevention
5) Trauma Informed Services
6) Assessing Family Systems
7) Cultural Assessments
8) Core Components of Adolescent Treatment
9) Relapse Prevention
10) Adolescent Health (including sex education and disease prevention).
11) Social Obstacles and Supports
12) Resource for Adolscents