CDC 220 - Chemical Dependency, Youth and Family

Chemical Dependency, Youth and Family

Bachelors Degree in Chemical Dependency Counseling

CDC 220

Breyer State University
Instructor: Juan Kenigstein, PH.D, M.ED., GC-C

SYLLABUS

COURSE OVERVIEW: Welcome to Chemical Dependency, Youth and Family, a Bachelor Level course in the curriculum for the Degree, Bachelor of Science if Chemical Dependency. I'm pleased to offer you this course. This is an exciting course. Family therapy is fairly new. Many factors have influenced the need for family therapy like societal standards and expectations. Chemical Dependency can inflict considerable stress on families. Research shows that including families in chemical dependency treatment is essential if we wish to provide the best service to our clients.

TIME FRAME: This is a ten-semester hour course. This course is allotted ten weeks of time. You must complete all of the requirements for the course successfully by the end of the ten-week period. The first day of week one will begin the day that you register for the course, or the day which you notify me that your text book(s) have arrived and you are ready to begin your studies. Please be cognizant of the time frame. It is rare that extensions of time are permitted, unless you have good justification. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be awarded ten semester hours of credit. Students may accelerate, but may not complete this course in less than four weeks.

TEXTBOOK: There is three (3) required textbook for this course.

Book 1: Chemical Dependency: A Family Affair. Current Edition, Curtis, Olivia. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole, 1999: ISBN # 0-534-35583-8.

Book 2: Alcoholism and Family: A Guide to Treatment and Prevention, 2nd Edition. Lawson, Ann / Lawson, Gary, Austin, TX: Pro Ed, Inc. 1998: ISBN # 0-944480-03-9.

Book 3: Family Solutions for Substance Abuse, Current Edition. McCollum, Eric E. /Trepper, Terry S. New York, NY: Haworth Press, Inc. 2001: ISBN # 0-7890-0623-5.

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EXAMINATIONS: Grades are based on completion of assignments and activities.

GRADING: The grading scale for this course is as follows:

90-100%    = A
80-89%      = B
70-79%      = C
Below 70% = Fail

GRADING COMPOSITION:

10 Activities 40%
10 Assignments 40%
Self evaluation 5 %
Discovery & Intention Statement 5%
2 Critiques 10%

TOTAL 100%

GOALS: The aim of education about Chemical Dependency, Youth and Family is to have an understanding how important family can help promote a person's recovery. Many chemically dependent patients are unable to achieve a stable recovery until they process critical and traumatic family-of-origin issues that seem to block recovery.

METHODS: Readings from textbook, professional books and journals, Self-awareness/exploration activities

COMMUNICATION: You are encouraged to communicate with me. I am available as a teacher, coach, and mentor to assist you in meeting your goals for this course. Primarily, communication is through email. However, I am also available for conversation by telephone if you would like. Our classroom for this course has a "chat" room. I am also very willing to meet with you one-on-one in the chat room at your request. From time to time, depending on how many students are enrolled in this course at a particular time, we will have some scheduled group chats. You will receive more detailed information at the time such chat sessions are scheduled. Please keep my email address handy so that you can contact me whenever necessary. Upon registration, you will receive my email address. If at any time during this course you change your email address, please be sure to notify me right away.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: To understand the process of counseling the chemically dependent client by allowing families to be part of the therapeutic environment. To understand the development of family theories, the structure of family system, how chemical dependency affects a family, and how such addiction is woven into the family system.

COURSE OUTLINE:

1). Why Work with Families in Substance Abuse Treatment?
2). Understanding the Family in Context: Family Systems and Practice.
3). Elements of the Emotional System.
4). Family Organizational Structure and Development.
5). Chemical Dependency's Disruption of Organization.
6). The Development of Family Therapy.
7). Theoretical Approaches to Family Treatment.
8). Family Therapeutic Theories.
9). Critical Issues in Chemically Dependent Families.
10). What Makes a Difference in Treatment.
11). Working with Families: Basic Skills.
12). Family Assessment.
13). Assessing Motivation.
14). Negotiating a Contract for Therapy.
15). Problem and Solution Sequences.
16). The Ups and Downs of Change.
17). The Family Recovery Process.
18). Family Intervention.
19). Ending Treatment.

INFORMATION: If you have any questions regarding this program, you may contact the instructor at kenigstein@aol.com.

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