Mental Health - Peer Recovery Specialist, OSA
- Academic Year: 2022-2023
- Division / Department: Human Services & Education / Mental Health/Social Work
- Degree Code: MH.PRS.OSA
This award offers specific coursework leading to recognition as a Peer Support Specialist. It includes courses to build both general counseling skills and applicable knowledge in substance abuse and recovery.
Summer-1 Session
| DAAC 1317 Basic Counseling Skills
Course Description× DAAC 1317 Basic Counseling Skills An overview and application of the basic counseling skills. Semester Hours 3 (3 lec) |
3 hours |
| DAAC 1304 Pharmacology of Addiction
Course Description× DAAC 1304 Pharmacology of Addiction Emphasizes pharmacological effects of addiction, tolerance, dependence, cross addiction, drug interaction, withdrawal, and recovery. Describes the psychological and physiological effects of substance use and behaviors. Semester Hours 3 (3 lec) |
3 hours |
| DAAC 1319 Substance-Related & Addictive Disorders
Course Description× DAAC 1319 Substance-Related & Addictive Disorders An overview of causes and consequences of substance-related and addictive disorders, the major drug classifications, and the counselor's code of ethics. Semester Hours 3 (3 lec) |
3 hours |
| DAAC 2307 Addicted Family Intervention
Course Description× DAAC 2307 Addicted Family Intervention Examination of family systems focusing on the effects of addiction and recovery. Semester Hours 3 (3 lec) |
3 hours |
| Total hours: | 12 hours |