ATC 508 Addictions Counseling
This course will provide students with the opportunity to assess and treat clients with addictive disorders. This course will evaluate assessments, review diagnosis and treatment of addictive disorders, apply risk assessment strategies and tools (danger to self, others), describe theories, assessment, and treatment of addictive behaviors and disorders. Students will be able to recognize cultural, social, and co-occurring issues that affect assessment outcomes, identify culturally and developmentally appropriate assessment tools and applications to utilization and interpretation of results.