CSAC 701 - Substance Abuse Counseling Practicum and Seminar I

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This course provides a forum for students to attain supervised clinical experience in which students develop substance abuse counseling skills and integrate professional knowledge. This course is designed to develop alcohol and other drug abuse counseling skills concurrent with practicum field experiences. A group supervision model provides the student with the opportunity to apply previously learned concepts while working in an outside field experience. Emphasis is on written and oral case presentations in the areas of counseling skills, intake assessment, treatment planning, and case management. Students are expected to recognize professional and legal considerations relevant to ethics, confidentiality, working relationships with referral sources, special populations, treatment options, and models of alcohol and drug abuse counseling. Students are required to spend 250 clock hours per practicum (a minimum of 500 total clock hours) in a supervised MISA/AODA-approved site.