3.00 Credits
3-0-3 BHHS 212 introduces students to the values, concepts, vocabulary, knowledge base and practice skills of time- sensitive approaches to helping relationships. The cultural and historical factors that have shaped time-limited approaches to treatment are emphasized. The course addresses how people change, extratherapeutic factors and clinician specific variables that predict successful outcomes in helping relationships. Motivational interviewing and resolution-focused models of helping are introduced and specific skill sets are practiced through role-plays, supervision, and audio and video-recording. Students learn to work with individuals of varying ages and abilities in a variety of behavioral health settings and with groups using skill sets such as assessing readiness, identifying key challenges, establishing goals and taking specifi action steps. This course is a continuation of BHHS 111, Intro to Helping Skills. Prereq: BHHS 111.
Prerequisite:
BHHS 111.