HPC 5570(101) Counseling the Addicted Person/Fall Semester 2015/COE Bldg. Room 428

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HPC 5570(101) Counseling the Addicted Person/Fall Semester 2015/COE Bldg. Room 428

Wednesday 8:30-11:20/ Office Hrs: To be announced (sign-up sheet posted on office door)

Geri Miller, Ph.D./Office: 509G/262-6048/

I. Course Description/Content Areas: An in-depth study of the various intervention and therapeutic models utilized with addicted clients, individual, group, and family counseling approaches. Unique aspects and demands of the addiction, with regard to the helping process, are discussed.

II. Goals/Objectives/Knowledge and Skill Outcomes:

1. Learn various intervention and therapeutic approaches, service delivery models, current trends/issues in the substance abuse field.

2. Examine own attitudes/feelings concerning substance abuse and abusers.

3. Learn multicultural aspects of substance abuse counseling.

III.Method of Teaching: Approaches include lecture, role play, and videotapes. Counseling related research is infused into lecture.

IV. Course Requirements/Student Evaluation: [A range is 180-200, B range is 160-179,

C range is 140-159] Counseling related research is fused into assignments. The following point structure will be used to evaluate students.

Activity Points

Attendance/Participation 10

Reaction Paper to Attending Open AA Meeting 30

and Big Book reading (online)

Summary on Alternative to AA Recovery Model (online)30

Relapse Prevention Paper 70 (10 pt is for rough draft)

Treatment Plan 40 (10 pt is for rough draft)

Final/Evaluation 20

Total 200

1. Attendance/Participation: Attendance and active participation in all classes is expected.

These points hinge on attendance and verbal/nonverbal involvement in class discussions and exercises. To receive full points, be on time, stay for the entire class, and do not miss any classes. A marginal grade may be impacted by inadequate class participation. Participation means: 1) only one person speaks in class at a time, 2) all students will listen to that speaker and not participate in “sidebar” conversations with other students, and 3) each student will shut off all electronic devices and not engage in text messaging. Students need to read the online AsULearn resource, Cybersecurity Social Media Grad Students, and email Dr. Miller one paragraph stating 1 thing learned in reading this powerpoint. This needs to be done by the beginning of the second class.

2. Reaction Papers: All reaction papers are personal reactions to experiences. All papers need to be typed (double-space format,12 pt. font, 1 inch margins) and thoughtfully written (concise, no errors, reflective). Points deducted for errors, lateness, and not following length requirements.

  1. Reactions paper to attending open AA meeting and Big Book reading: This four page paper is a summary of your reaction to the experiences of:

1.  attending a meeting (two pages). If you typically attend AA, attend a

group with which you are not familiar. As a part of the meeting experience, write about the

barriers you would experience if you were deaf, blind, or otherwise physically disabled.

2.  reading in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous (two pages). Read the first

164 pages and one personal story of the Big Book or read the first 164 pages and one personal story from The Harder They Fall. Provide a general reaction to: a) the information presented and b) a reaction to the 12 steps in terms of ease and difficulty of applying them to your life.

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3. Summary on Alternative to AA Model: This two page paper needs to summarize the information read on an AA alternative recovery program as discussed in Chapter 8 of the Miller text. The summary should include: philosophy of the program (one page), local meeting site(s) and where one can obtain more information about the program locally (one page). See reference text list for information on alternative programs.

4. Treatment Plan/Relapse Prevention Paper: You will have an interview with an addicted person at Recovery Ventures (RV), a therapeutic community in Black Mountain, NC. The field trip to RV will be on Friday, October 2. Students are responsible for the cost of their own transportation and meals and will need to make arrangements to attend. The interview will result in a treatment plan and a relapse prevention paper. Two class periods are deducted from the schedule to compensate for this time commitment.

Treatment Plan: The treatment plan consists of:

a.  a social history of the addicted person (1 page),

b.  a treatment plan (see treatment plan outline in the Miller text) and questions you would want to explore more with the person,

c.  write a one to two paragraph reaction to one of the following web sites:

http://niaaa.nih.gov

http://drugabuse.gov

http://www.samhsa.gov/prevention/

http://www.samhsa.gov/militaryFamilies/

http://attcnetwork.org/home

http://sentencingproject.org/template/index.cfm [Note: Use the search feature and type in the terms substance abuse, drug policy, race, or gender]

Relapse Prevention Paper: The Relapse Prevention paper will take information gathered in the interview and organized in the Marlatt model framework as discussed in Chapter 7 of the Miller text with 2-3 pages divided into these headings:

·  Seemingly Irrelevant Decisions

·  High risk situations

·  No coping response

·  Decreased self-efficacy

·  Positive outcome expectancies

·  Initial use

·  Abstinence Violation Effect

·  Dissonance/conflict/self-attribution

·  Increased probability of relapse

and have one page of information organized into a decision matrix and one page on mapping.

5. Final: The final is a 20 point (20 item), comprehensive test based on the textbook (Miller).

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V. Required Textbooks:

Miller, G. A. (2015). Learning the language of addiction counseling (4th ed.). Hoboken, NJ:Wiley. (M) (ISBN#978-1-118-72177-3)

Miller, G. A. (2011). Group exercises for addiction counseling. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. (M-group) (ISBN#978-0-470-90395-7)

Tomlin, K., & Richardson, H. (2004). Motivational interviewing & stages of change. Center City, MN: Hazelden (MI) (ISBN#978-1-59285-538-4)

VI. Recommended Textbooks:

Bell, P. (1990). Chemical dependency and the African-American (2nd ed.) Center City, MN: Hazelden. (ISBN#978-1-568-3-88816-2) (Out of print)

Schenker, M.D. (2009). A clinician’s guide to 12 step recovery. New York: Norton. (ISBN#978-0-393-70546-1)

Stromberg, G., & Merrill, J. (2005). The harder they fall. Center City, MN: Hazelden. (Out of Print)

VII.Reference Textbooks:

Christopher, J. (1992). SOS sobriety. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus.

Kasl, C. D. (1992). Many roads, one journey: Moving beyond the 12 Steps.

New York: Harper Perennial.

Kasl, C. (1995). Yes, you can: A guide to empowerment groups. USA: Author.

Kirkpatrick, J.: Turnabout: Help for a new life. New York: Doubleday.

Knaus, W. (1995). SMART recovery: A sensible primer. Longmeadow, MA:SMART.

Marlatt, G. A. (1985). Relapse prevention: Theoretical rationale and overview of the model. In G. A. Marlatt & J. R. Gordon (Eds.), Relapse prevention: A self-control strategy for the maintenance of behavior change (pp. 3-70). New York: Guilford.

Trimpey, J. (1989). The small book. New York: Delacorte.

Trimpey, J. (1996). Rational recovery: The new cure for substance addiction. NY: Pocket.

VIII. Course Policies:

ASU has official policies covering each of the following categories: academic integrity code, accommodations for students with disabilities, and class attendance policy (including the state mandated religious observance policy). Statements regarding these policies can be found at the Academic Affairs site (http://academicaffairs.appstate.edu/syllabi).

Weather Policy

Classes will only be canceled if ASU closes. Class may be postponed in the event of bad weather. If the instructor postpones the class, students will be notified through a phone tree system as well as an e-mail through AsULearn. The instructor will call the first person on the list who will contact the second person on the list and so on until each person is contacted. If a student cannot reach the person they are to contact, they need to leave a message on the instructor’s answering machine stating the name of the student that could not be reached and then contact the next person on the list. A phone tree list will be drawn up the first day of class and copies of the phone tree list will be given out the first day of class. If any student is uncomfortable giving out his/her phone number to the class, it is that student’s responsibility to let the instructor know he/she does not want his/her name on the list. Any classes postponed will need to be made up.

Please note that Dr. Miller is a disaster mental health worker for the American Red Cross. This means that if she is called up for a disaster during the semester, students will be contacted in the same methods used for weather related changes and arrangements will be made regarding class schedule changes.

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Class Schedule

Date Topic (Text Reading) Reading

8/19 Overview of Drugs Preface (M)

Acknowledgements (M)

Theories of Addiction Chapters 1 & 2 (M)

Read AsULearn resource, Cybersecurity Social Media Grad Students, & write paragraph.

8/26 Assessment: Adults/Adolescents Chapter 3 (M)

AA meeting/reading reaction paper due

9/2 Assessment: Dual Disorders/Crisis/ Chapters 4 & 5 (M)

Commitment Entire (M-group) book

9/9 Individual Therapy/Relapse Prevention Chapters 5, 7 & 9(M)

9/16 Treatment: General & Spirituality Chapters 9 & 12 (M)

Entire MI book

9/23 Treatment: Group Chapters 5 & 8 (M)

Treatment: General/Self-Help

Alternatives to AA Paper due

9/30 Treatment of Families Chapter 5 (M)

10/2 FIELD TRIP TO RECOVERY VENTURES

10/7 Sexual/HIV/AIDS Chapters 6 & 11 (M)

DomesticViolence/Pain

Rough Draft of treatment plan due

Rough Draft of RP paper due

10/14 CoreFunctions/Certification Chapter 14 (M)

Final Draft of treatment plan due

Final Draft of RP paper due

10/21 Multicultural: Gender/Race/Disability/ Chapter 10 (M)

Adolescents/Elderly/Homeless

10/28 Ethics/Self-care/Evaluation Chapter 13 (M)

Final

FIELD TRIP DIRECTIONS: Recovery Ventures

P.O. Box 549, Black Mountain, NC 28711

Program Manager: Steve Sorrells, (828)668-1000,

recoveryventurescorp.org (website) Take 40 West to Exit 73. Go to the Old Fort McDonald’s parking lot. There will be an escort from there.