Course Description:
This upper-level course will examine the array of substance use disorders common among adolescents. Students will learn and apply new knowledge using various assignments that consider adolescent developmental issues, substance use diagnostic criteria applied to adolescents, engagement strategies, areas of assessment, counseling techniques, and harm reduction methods. The student will also develop a basic understanding of how concurrent mental health disorders and impulse control disorders negatively interact with and affect adolescents with substance use disorders.
Prerequisites: students require an understanding of developmental theory and a fundamental knowledge of chemical abuse and dependence. Completion of CDL courses Chemical Addiction: Theories and Practices plus Adolescence and Identity, or similar courses would fulfill these requirements.
This course fully meets the General Education requirement in Social Sciences.
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