SAB 210- Substance Abuse Counseling
Instructor: Kiera DesChamps (deschampsk@montgomery.edu)
Required Texts: Substance Abuse Counseling: Theory & Practice 3rd ed. by Stevens
Smashed: Confessions of a drunken girlhood by Zailckas
(verify with instructor before purchasing)
Required Software: None
Prerequisites: None
Description: This course provides theory and skills acquisition by utilizing intervention strategies designed to obtain therapeutic information, support recovery, and prevent relapse. Topics include counseling individuals and dysfunctional families, screening instruments, counseling techniques and approaches, recovery and relapse, and special populations. Upon completion, students should be able to discuss issues critical to recovery, identify intervention models, and initiate a procedure culminating in cognitive/behavioral change.
