Catalog Course Search Details

 Department:    HSERV

 Course #:    241

 Credits:    3

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    3

 CIP:    511501

 EPC:    437

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

Alcoholism and other disorders as a family disease; effects of role disturbance, boundary violations, and communication disruptions on children, spouse, and family systems; therapeutic interventions for families. Development of a multicultural perspective in working with families and within communities. Required course for students seeking the Substance Use Disorder Counseling track (including fast track students).

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: None.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 33

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Preparatory Required for ATA degree, Required for certificate  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Identify the variety of roles that family members may adopt in order to accommodate the presence of a family member with an active addiction.
2. Identify the unwritten rules that families often live by to accommodate the presence of a family member with an active addiction.
3. Articulate cultural factors which influence a family�s relational dynamics.
4. List a minimum of ten important reasons for offering family counseling within a substance use treatment program.
5. Compare and contrast family counseling and family therapy based on the Substance Use Disorder Professional (SUDPT) Scope of Practice. (RCW 18.205.20)

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. Variety of roles that family members may adopt in order to accommodate the presence of a family member with an active addiction.
2. Unwritten rules that families often live by to accommodate the presence of a family member with an active addiction.
3. Cultural factors which influence a family�s relational dynamics.
4. A minimum of ten important reasons for offering family counseling within a substance use treatment program.
5. Family counseling and family therapy based on the Substance Use Disorder Professional (SUDPT) Scope of Practice. (RCW 18.205.20)